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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