Our next meeting is on Tuesday, May 19th at the West Midlands Bridge Club (WMBC), as usual, with refreshments from 7.00pm.
Our talk will be about Roman Alcester.
Recent work by Archaeology Warwickshire has led to a re-examination of some aspects of the Roman defences at the Roman town of Alauna – what is now modern day Alcester in Warwickshire. Our work has suggested how the town’s people may have been interacting with the monumental town wall right up until the end of Roman Britain, and possibly after, and what the wall meant to them. It has also led us to reconsider aspects of previous excavations of the wall, and presented new, intriguing questions.
Our speaker will be Simon Davies, Senior Archaeologist at Archaeology Warwickshire, where his role includes looking at archaeological sites from many periods, across the Midlands and beyond, and also doing heritage consultation for development projects that may impact heritage assets
Also, details below of our April trip to Leicester.
Spring Trip to Leicester.
The SAG 2026 spring trip will be on Saturday 25th April 2026. We will travel by coach to Leicester, which has many places of archaeological and historic interest. The coach will drop us off in the middle of Leicester close to the Jewry museum, Richard 3rd Centre and the Guildhall. All of the sites are within close walking distance.
The cost will be £26 per person, which includes all coach travel but does not include entry costs to any of the sites. Currently, it is free to enter the Guildhall Museum, and senior discounts are available at the Jewry Museum and Richard 3rd Centre. The coach will leave central Solihull at 9.15 am and we hope to arrive in Leicester at about 10.30 am. We will depart Leicester at 4.30 pm and should be back in Solihull at about 5.45 – 6.00pm.
If you would like to go on this visit, please complete the form below and either hand it in at a meeting or post it to Mr R. Carmichael, 76 Ulverley Green Road, Olton, Solihull, B92 8AJ.
Payment can be made either by cheque payable to Solihull Archaeological Group and passed to Rob at the address above or by bank transfer. If you wish to pay by bank transfer, please send an email to
treasurer@solihull-archaeology.co.uk to receive details.