CAS/DAS Joint Symposium

Join us at Launceston Town Hall, or online via Zoom, for the Devon and Cornwall Archaeological Societies’ biennial symposium on Saturday 28^th October, from 10.00 to 17.00.

The theme is Landscapes of Extraction, and will explore one significant aspect of the unusually diverse historic landscape of Devon and Cornwall: that which has resulted from a range of approaches to extraction, from prehistoric and medieval times to the modern period.

• Digging calcareous beach sand or lime-rich marl for spreading on our poor acid soils.
• Cutting turf (peat) from marshes and moors for domestic and industrial fuel.
• Working streams for tin, wolfram and other heavy metals.
• Mining for copper, tin, lead and wolfram, and for silver, arsenic, zinc and manganese.
• Quarrying for granite, slate, china-clay, china-stone, limestone and freestone and the stone used for buildings, hedges, and roads.

Each speaker will take a different approach to the archaeological and landscape legacy of extraction, including considering the different ways the legacy is valued by individuals, communities, and those with responsibility for its protection and management.

Expect dramatic images, including ground and aerial photos, maps, plans and paintings.

Details, including the programme and the booking form (£15 for both in-person and online attendance), are available on the CAS website at https://cornisharchaeology.org.uk/events/cas-and-das-joint-symposium-landscapes-of-extraction/ .

In order to provide time to know numbers and make practical arrangements, we would prefer it if you could book by Friday 20^th October.