Welcome to the CBA SW – the Council for British Archaeology for the South West England. The South West covers the counties of Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire and Somerset. We are an educational charity working to involve people in archaeology and to promote the appreciation and care of the historic environment for the benefit of the present and future generations.
Our aim with this site is to provide information, advice & resources to those wishing to know more about the archaeology of the South West or to become involve in practical ways with fieldwork, research or conservation. Let us know what you would like to find here!
CBA-SW Newsletter - Spring 2011
The contents of the latest CBA-SW Newsletter is now available in Scribd format. Click here to view online. If you'd like to keep it as a PDF, you can also choose to download it to your computer.
New in Publications. . .
The Last of the Britons - Kings, thugs or Saints? This title is a collection of papers by leading experts of the field, harvested from the 2005 syposium held in Taunton Castle by the Council for British Archaeology South West and the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society.
It is essentially a summing up of current knowledge concerning the position of Somerset and its adjoining counties during the 'dark ages' and contains an interesting mixture of opinions and data from the disciplines of both archaeology and history. Contributors include Mick Aston, Simon Draper, Peter Leach, Susan Pearce, Barbara Yorke, Chris Webster, James Gerrard, Anthea Harris, Keith Gardner, Richard Sermon, Gill Swanton, Larissa Fry and Andrew F. Smith.
