AS part of the Archaeology festival, a renowned professor of archaeology will give a lecture at the Hampshire Records Office.

Professor Martin Biddle CBE, FBA, FSA led a decade long programme of archaeological digs in 1960s Winchester, informing key aspects of modern urban archaeology.

Over 60 years later Professor Biddle, founder of the Winchester Excavations Committee, will be talking about Scandinavian presence and influence in Winchester at the Hampshire Record Office on Thursday, July 21.

The local professor's lecture is part of the CBA Festival for Archaeology. Professor Biddle is one of many archaeologists giving talks across the country, online and in person, around this year's theme of "journeys".

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The upcoming lecture on Winchester’s late Saxon connections with the Danish Royal House accompanies ‘The Great Winchester Dig’ exhibition hosted by the local excavations committee.

Winchester excavations committee opened the exhibition at the Hampshire Records Office at the beginning of July, displaying a selection of archaeological finds from 1961-71. The 60th anniversary exhibition is free to the public, in line with the office’s opening hours until September 29.

Martin Biddle was the first ever lecturer of medieval archaeology and in 2014 he was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for his services to archaeology.

His lecture will start at 6.30pm, with tickets costing £7 and free for friends of Winchester Studies.

For more on the Winchester Excavations and work of Professor Martin Biddle visit: winchesterstudies.org.uk.

Hampshire Record Office, on Sussex Street, is home to Hampshire Archives and Local Studies.

For more on the Festival for Archaeology go to: archaeologyuk.org/festival.

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