Programme for the Conference on the battle of Roundway Down.

 

10.30 am to 4.30 pm, upstairs in Devizes Town Hall, Devizes. April 30th, 2011.

 

 9.30 to 10.30 am

 

 Conference Registration. Battlefield tour registration, payment of £5 and organisation for Sunday. Displays by Devizes Heritage and Battlefield Trust

 10.30 am

 

 Welcome, introduction of speakers and review of topics at the conference.    Alan Carter

 

 10.35 to 11.15 am   

 “Military strategies in the West during the Civil War 1642 to 1644”.    

  Questions and discussion. Professor Malcolm Wanklyn

 11.15 to 11.30 am

 

 “A brief narrative outline of the of the battle of Roundway Down”

 Alan Carter

 

11.30 to 11.45 am

 

Refreshments

 11.45 to 12.10 pm

 

“The armies at the Battle of Roundway Down”. Questions and discussion.         Christopher Scott.

 12.15  to 12.50 pm

 

 “The soldiers, their clothes and equipment, the way they fought and social        history” Questions and discussion. Alan Turton

 

12.50 to 1.50pm

 

 Lunch break

 1.50  to 2.15 pm

 

17th century accounts of the battle of Roundway Down. Questions and  discussion. Alan Carter.

 2.15 to 3 pm

 

 Dr. Glenn Foard will present a paper on “Battlefield Archaeology of the  Civil War”. He will also briefly review the finds made on Roundway Down.  Questions. Alan Carter will chair a discussion on the Roundway Down finds.

 

3.00 to 3.20 pm

 

 Refreshments.

 3.20 to 3.40 pm

 

“The accepted interpretation of where the Battle was fought”         

 Christopher Scott

 3.40 to 4.05 pm

 

 An alternative interpretation of where the Battle was fought”.                      Alan Carter.

 4.05 to 4.30 pm

 

General discussion with audience participation on the Battle of Roundway  Down. Where do we go from here? Finish.

 

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