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Talks Programme

WINTER TALK
MONDAY 12 DECEMBER AT 7.30PM
The Lunesdale Hall, LA6 2BG 
Cultural Heritage Projects in the Westmorland Dales - an update
BY Hannah Kingsbury

Hannah, Cultural Heritage Officer at Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme, will update us on  projects currently being undertaken by the Partnership. This is the final year of a four year scheme, which was primarily funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. 
The talk will explore recent archaeological surveys and excavations, including what we can tell about dry stone walls, how we have revealed prehistoric farming and also findings from some smaller heritage features which were also surveyed.


PROGRAMME
Details of our next year's programme will be uploaded to the site in the new year. 

The talks are held monthly, during autumn and winter, on the second Monday of each month in the Lunesdale Hall, New Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2BG starting at 7.30pm (excluding 


​Admission is £2.50 including refreshments.

The talks are open to members and non members.  
Please see previous talks below.
2021 -2022 Autumn / Winter Series leaflet
​During the Covid pandemic our usual programme of talks was curtailed, however the Society hosted a number of talks (webinars) on Zoom. 
These included: - 
  • March 2021 Dr David Johnson presented 'Thorns: the rise and fall of an upland settlement'  for more details click here
  • Feb 2021 Alan Cleaver presented  the 'Corpse Roads of Cumbria' to view the webinar and for more details click here
  • Nov 2020 Hannah Kingsbury presented 'The Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme' for more details click here. 
2019 Autumn / Winter Series leaflet
2018 Autumn / Winter series details
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