SOLD OUT
Spring Metal Detecting Fun Weekend
In Aid of Charity
Foxham, Wiltshire
Friday 16th, Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th April 2010.
N.B. No arrivals before 1200 hrs on Friday please.
There will be a small area of land marked off for those who arrive on Friday (and who are booked in for the whole weekend) to detect on during Friday afternoon.
Please note Saturday and Sunday detecting will begin at 9am and there will be a rally briefing at 8.45 both mornings.
Detect till dusk.
This event is restricted to 150 detectorists only on a first come first served basis.
No reserve bookings or pay-on-day accepted.
Please note there will ne no bookings accepted after 31st March 2010.
Now sold out
I have already had a huge interest in this rally, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Location
Foxham Reading Room, Foxham, Wiltshire, SN15 4NH.
Directions
Direction signs will be out.
From the M4 Junction 16 take the A3102 via Wooton Bassett, Lyneham. Approx 2miles after Lyneham at bottom of hill turn right. Follow the rally signs (white background with MD Rally in black) to Foxham.
Or From M4 junction 17 take B4122 for approx 1 mile and turn left onto B4069, via Sutton Benger, to Christian Malford. From here you will see rally signs (white background with MD Rally in black) to Foxham.
Arrival
Please book in at the Reading Room to Kim.
You will have the full use of the Reading Room hall, ladies and gents toilets, hot and cold water throughout the week end.
Camping Caravanning
On your arrival at Foxham Reading Room you will be designated your camping/caravan site. This is on the village green in front of the Reading Room.
(There is no extra charge for camping/caravanning.)
Bed & Breakfast
Those who wish to book B&B you can do so by contacting Robert & Lynne Pegler, tel 01249-740253, quoting Kim’s Rally.
They have limited rooms available, but they do have other contacts for accommodation, so book early to avoid disappointment.
(B&B is not included in the ticket price.)
Refreshments and Food
Food will be available on Saturday and Sunday only.
For those who arrive on the Friday, if you so wish, the local pub the Foxham Inn serves good pub grub and is only a five minute walk from the Reading Room.
A full English breakfast @ £4.00 per head will be served on Saturday and Sunday morning in the Reading Room.
For Saturday evening there will be a BBQ (sausages, burgers, salad) @ £2.50 per head, with a vegetarian option also available.
Please note so that we can cater for everybody we will need numbers in advance, so when booking for this weekend please indicate which meals you require by using the return slip. No return slip no - main meals, so please don’t forget to book.
These meals are paid for on the day.
There will also be light refreshments available throughout Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets
£28-00 per detectorist for the whole week end. Or £14-00 per day.
Only those who book the whole week end can detect on the Friday afternoon.
Payment -Cheques and postal orders only to be made payable to Foxham Church.
Send payment and a stamped addressed envelope to:
Kim Clarke,
20 Leather Lane
Great Yeldham,
Halstead
Essex
CO9 4JB.
In return you will receive your detecting pass ticket (which must be attached to either yourself or your detector throughout the whole week end) and terms and conditions.
Please note you will need your pass when you book in.
All proceeds will be donated to Foxham Church and Foxham Reading Room.
Land Available and Ground Conditions
In the heart of this delightful quaint rural Wiltshire village, I have for you 136 acres of undetected rich pasture land, which has been pasture and undisturbed for approximately one hundred years.
Soil conditions are a light soil top with a clay base. This land is very moist so digging is done with ease.
Brief History
Cadenham Manor estate, the area we will be detecting on, is mentioned in the Doomsday book, described as belonging to Earl Hugh and held by one William from him. It consisted of land for two ploughs, meadows and woodland, with two slaves and eight smallholders.
It is likely that there had been a settlement here for some time before that, as the name Cadenham apparently is of Anglo-Saxon derivation, meaning Cada’s Ham or Homestead.
Cade Burna- the brook to the south of Foxham which marks the boundary of the estate. The survival of the description “Burna” for a brook is very rare in the south of England, and is evidence of a very old settlement here.
Evidence of a small Roman settlement has also been indicated in the village.
The Wilts and Berks Canal passes close to the house on the east side.
Cadenham Manor was the family house of the cadet branch of the Hungerford family for nearly two hundred and fifty years.
There are 12 ponds dotted around this very small village all within five minutes walk of each one, which certainly would have been a huge advantage to early settlement.
There are a large number of ridge and furrow fields that survive on the estate which indicates that the estate was actively farmed and regularly ploughed during the middle ages. However we will not be detecting on these fields but we will be detecting on the adjacent fields.
Light Entertainment
A bar will be provided in the Reading Room on Saturday evening, serving beers, soft drinks and wine.
On Saturday evening in the Reading Room we will have Robert Pegler and Martin Nye giving a talk on the local history. Having met both of them I am particularly looking forward to this event.
A raffle will be run over the week end, being drawn on the Sunday. Any donations for prizes will be greatly appreciated. Please hand to the raffle stall on Friday and Saturday morning.
All proceeds from the raffle will also be donated to Foxham Church and the Reading Room.
Detecnicks – Metal Detecting Shop will be onsite all weekend for supplies.
Terms and Conditions
The land owner Mr & Mrs J Philip, grants a licence to enter the fields specified during the following period of time, from 1200hrs Friday 16th April 2010 to 1600hrs Sunday 18th April 2010 for the sole purpose of metal detecting for items whether ancient or modern.
Notes on Finds
Only finds that are subject to treasure trove are to be divided fifty/fifty with the land owner.
To build and retain a good relationship with the land owner please show all finds. Share the unearthed fascinating history of your finds as nobody is going to take them away from you (obviously unless subject to treasure trove).
This can only earn acceptance for our return trips and encourages the rest of us to try harder.
The local FLO, Katie Hinds, has been invited to record and identify finds.
The land owner respectfully requests the following:
- All holes to be filled in.
- Dogs are allowed, but must at all times be kept on a leash.
- Entry to the specified fields indicated by the rally organiser via proper entry routes, not through hedgerows please.
- No telephone calls to the landowner requesting return detecting.
- No camp fires, only proper camping stoves to be used.
- All rubbish to be put in bins/bags/skip provided.
Please note the following. Once you have made your donation to take part in this event you have accepted to be bound by the terms and conditions as laid down and described in this document.
Failing to comply with any of the terms and conditions for this event may result in early termination of your weekend.
If there is any one of the above terms and conditions you feel you don’t agree with then this event is not for you.
Insurance
Please ensure you have either NCMD, FID membership or other relevant personal liability insurance.
Note for non-UK Residents- Please see the organiser during the rally to arrange an export licence for any of your finds of fifty years old and over.
Organised on behalf of Foxham Church and Foxham Reading Room.
Members of the Colchester Metal Detecting and Artefact Club:
Kim Clarke e-mail mrstiffler@btopenworld.com., Mobile 07794314670
Assistants for the week end:
Nev Clarke
Josh Clarke.
Steve Cutts
Dave Ray.
Club website. www.colchestermetaldetecting.co.uk
