A professor who is well known as the landscape archaeologist with Channel 4’s Time Team and is a former Senior Investigator and Project Manager with English Heritage will present a free lecture at University Centre Shrewsbury this month.

Professor Stewart Ainsworth will share his thoughts and ideas on ‘Fields of Fire: The Archaeological Legacy of Lord Kitchener’. The lecture, exploring how new research is contributing to the understanding of the archaeology of the First World War in this country, is part of the Rowley’s Heritage Lectures series.

People are invited to hear the lecture on Wednesday 11 May 2016, at Rowley’s House in Barker Street, from 7pm to 8.30pm.

Prof Ainsworth said:

“The lecture will show how new archaeological research helps us understand the impact of Kitchener’s New Army on the British landscape.”

Prof Ainsworth has helped to design and mentor on major archaeological landscape recording projects, including one which has discovered 1,000 new archaeological sites. He is a Visiting Professor with the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Chester.

Lord Horatio Kitchener (1850 to 1916) was a British military leader and statesman who, as Secretary of State for War in the first years of the First World War, organised armies on an unprecedented scale. He was also depicted on the most famous British army recruitment poster ever produced.

To book places for the lecture email communications@ucshrewsbury.ac.uk or call 01743 297185.

Alternatively, people can visit the information point at Guildhall at Frankwell Quay (SY3 8HQ) which is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4pm on Fridays or Rowley’s House at Barker Street (SY1 1QH) on Wednesdays between 11am and 2pm.

For further details on UCS events go to: www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk/public-events