Lunchtime Lecture - The Viking Torksey Project
Part of our Lunchtime Lecture series 'Rethinking the Dark Ages', this talk will examine recent investigative work at the Viking camp at Torksey
Torksey, on the banks of the river Trent, has a fascinating history, not least of which because it was the site of the huge winter camp made by a great Viking army in AD872. Join Dr Gareth Perry to learn more about an exciting and innovative ongoing project run jointly by the Universities of Sheffield and York to understand more about the archaeology of the camp and its wider landscape context.
To find out more about the project, see the University of York's page here.
Lunchtime Lectures start at 12.30 in the museum auditorium, and last for approximately 30 minutes.
This event is FREE and there is no need to book.
See the other lectures in this series:
17 January 2014 - 'Is the Anglo Saxon invasion a myth?' (Erik Grigg, The Collection)
21 February 2014 – 'The Viking Torksey Project' (Dr Gareth Perry, University of Sheffield)
21 March 2014 – 'Early Medieval finds and the Portable Antiquities Scheme' (Adam Daubney, PAS)
11 April 2014 – 'Anglo Saxon Hanging Bowls' (Dawn Heywood, The Collection)
13 June 2014 – 'Recent Early Medieval acquisitions at The Collection' (Antony Lee, The Collection)