Mint Methodist Church Centre is hosting a one-day conference on Saturday 19 September with talks from history and heritage experts on Devon from the Roman era to the Norman invasion.
Roman to Norman Devon opens with a talk about Roman Devon by county archaeologist Bill Horner from Devon County Council’s Historic Environment team, which maintains the Devon Historic Environment Record.
University of Exeter Professor Stephen Rippon will then present a talk on Anglo-Saxon Devon. A landscape archaeologist, his work includes a project focussed on four major excavations which took place in Exeter during the 1970s.
In the afternoon University of Exeter Teaching Fellow Derek Gore will present a talk about Devon in the Viking age.
The conference will conclude with a talk on Norman Devon by University of Exeter Professor Levi Roach, whose research focusses on the history of western Europe in the early Middle Ages.
Roman to Norman Devon takes place on Saturday 19 September 2026 at Mint Methodist Church Centre in Fore Street.
Registration opens at 9.30am and the event begins at 10.30am.
Tickets cost £14. For more information and to book visit the Stevens Books website.
Photo of Rougemont Castle by South West Explorer under Creative Commons license.
