AN update of archaeological digs and research is being offered to history enthusiasts at Lancaster University next month.

The Faraday Lecture Theatre will be the setting for the 44th Annual Archaeology Forum which has been organized by the Regional Heritage Centre.

It is being held on Saturday, March 4 and is a key event in the archaeological calendar of the North of England.

There will be a series of reports on the range of archaeological work being undertaken in professional and community settings.

The days of talks starts with Dr Duncan Sayer, from the University of Central Lancashire at Preston, with a presentation called “Ribchester Revisited: inside the north gate”.

This looks at evidence from the 2015 and 2016 excavations on an important Roman site.

Louise Martin, from the Morecambe Bay Partnership, has a talk called “Flying over the Past”.

This looks at the use of camera drones and a ground mapping radar technology called LIDAR in community archaeology projects.

An update on work at Furness Abbey will be given by Jeremy Bradley, of Oxford Archaeology North.

After lunch, Jamie Quartermaine, of Oxford Archaeology North and Stephe Cove, from the Duddon Valley Local History Group, will present “High Living: the upland longhouses of the Duddon Valley”.

Dr Dot Boughton, the finds liaison officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Lancashire and Cumbria will take a look back on 10 years of recording finds made by metal detectorists.

There will be a look at the Roman Temples Project at Maryport which has seen the excavation of a cult sanctuary on Rome’s northern frontier.

This will be presented by Professor Ian Haynes, of Newcastle University, and Tony Wilmott, a visiting fellow at Newcastle University.Dan Elsworth, from Ulverston-based Green Lane Archaeology, will take the theme “An Edwardian Archaeologist in Urswick: John Dobson and the North Lonsdale Field Club”.

Attending the archaeology forum costs £28 and there is an optional buffet lunch.

You can find out more by sending an email to the Regional Heritage Centre at rhc@lancaster.ac.uk by the closing date of February 24 or check the website at www.lancaster.ac.uk/users/rhc/events/archaeology-forum/arch_forum_details_2017.html