Event date
02:15pm - 03:15pm, 20th Sep 2022
Speaker(s)
Beth Asbury
Event type
Speaker Meeting
Non-members £3
West Berkshire Council’s Archaeology team is responsible for advising on the District?s historic environment. West Berkshire’s Historic Environment Record (HER) is the primary evidence base for the team’s decision-making. The HER is a database of known buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas or landscapes of archaeological, architectural, artistic or historic interest, and many of its records are freely available for public use.
About the speaker: Beth Asbury
Beth Asbury is West Berkshire Council's Assistant Archaeologist with responsibility for the District's HER and for outreach. Beth grew up in West Berkshire, and has degrees in Ancient History and Archaeology and in Egyptology. Before starting her current role in 2018, Beth worked for the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, the Ministry of State for Antiquities in Egypt, and the Pitt Rivers and Ashmolean Museums at the University of Oxford. Beth is on the committees of the Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society and Council for British Archaeology Wessex Group.