Past events
Summer Meeting - Lune Valley
One of the English countryside’s unspoilt gems, the Lune Valley begins just a few minutes’ drive from Lancaster and borders the Forest of Bowland, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the Yorkshire Dales.

The President's Lecture: My garden's part in Hitler's downfall
When buying a house in Berwick-upon-Tweed seven years ago, the structure in the garden described by the vendor as an Anderson shelter was considered simply as something to be got rid of, albeit by

Spring Meeting - West Riding of Yorkshire
The first of our 2023 excursions for RAI members will visit Harrogate in the West Riding of Yorkshire. **Fully booked**

Settling Down, Moving on and Coming Back – Prehistoric Discoveries at Llanfaethlu
Ymgartrefu, Symud Ymlaen a Dod yn ôl - Darganfyddiadau Cynhanesiol yn Llanfaethlu

Building Westminster Hall: modelling the original roof structure
Before building, the architect needs certain facts about the site, the overall cost, the materials required and where they can be obtained.

Circular building, circular economies and circular ecologies: Learning from Scottish prehistoric roundhouses
Research into later prehistoric buildings in northwest Europe – and the Scottish roundhouse record in particular – has highlighted how much reusable, renewable building materials such as earth and

Recent excavations in the amphitheatre, fort and town of Richborough
Richborough has long been regarded as a key site in the history of Roman Britain, due to the excavations by J.P Bushe-Fox, which were published in five volumes between and 1926 and 1968.


Investigations at Smallhythe in Kent by the National Trust
