CEO becomes President of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
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On Saturday 25th March, our Chief Executive Neil Holbrook became Chairman of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for 2017/18, taking over from out-going president John Loosley.
The Society was founded in 1876, has over 800 members and promotes the study of history and archaeology in Bristol and the historic county of Gloucestershire. It publishes an annual journal which over the years has contained many reports on CA investigations. This year is no different, with the latest edition of the Transactions containing an article on a Roman cemetery excavated in Bourton-on-the-Water. One of the excavated skeletons showed evidence on the skull of trauma caused by a bladed instrument – as the injury never healed it looks like this person was murdered!
The Society’s presidential medal
Neil said: ‘It is an honour to be made President of this long-established and well-respected Society. Individual membership is a mere £10 per year, and for that you get a copy of the annual Transactions which is packed full of interesting articles on archaeology and history. The Society always welcomes new members, so I hope we can help increase membership during my presidential year. My final duty in March 2018 will be to deliver a talk at the next Annual General Meeting, and I’m intending to look at a prominent archaeologist of the early 20th century who made a major contribution to our knowledge of Roman Cirencester. Given that the archaeology of Corinium has been a long-standing interest of mine since I came to Gloucestershire in 1991, it is only right that my talk will focus on one aspect of this fascinating subject.’
Neil Holbrook and John Loosley, out-going president of the Society
