Group Diary 2009

Date:	Nature of event, location and times:	More details:
Saturday 11/07/09	“Fantastic Fossils Day” at Rock Edge Quarry, Headington, Oxford frpm 11 am to 4 pm.   A FREE event for all the family! Light refreshments will be available.   Rock Edge Quarry is a Local Nature Reserve near the Junction of Old Road and Windmill Road in Headington, Oxford.   This event is being jointly organised by the Oxford City Council & the OGT with funding from the Heritage Lottery.	Find out about “Jurassic Oxford” See local fossils, dinosaur teeth, claws & bones! Bring along your own fossils to have them identified by our experts. Make your own plaster cast fossils. Go digging for fossils or panning for “gold”! Take a guided tour of the quarry face. Geologists will be on hand to explain the geology & history of the quarry to you.
Saturday 18/07/09	Dino-day at Cogges Manor Farm, Witney. Open from 10:30am – 5:00pm. Last admission at 4pm. Activities will be organised from 12:30 – 3:30pm by OGT staff.	Bring the children along to learn more about their favourite prehistoric mammals. They can handle fossil bones & join in a range of fun craft activities.
Sunday 06/09/09	The Wychwood Forest Fair. To be held in Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxon from 11:00am – 5:00pm. This has become a popular annual event celebrating the diversity and richness of both the natural world and the working and leisure activities of local people.   We will be exhibiting in the Conservation Groups area. OGT executive members and volunteers will be there to welcome you	Stalls will include: Local foods, rural arts & crafts, community groups, conservation groups, educational organisations, tourism, recycling, competitions for children and adults, Hatwell’s Famous Fun Fair, refreshments, story tellers, Morris dancers, The Wychwood Beer Seller and many more.

 

  OGT projects update

English Heritage Funded Building Stones Project: We have been fortunate in securing more funding to continue our work on recording the distribution and use of different building stones across the county. We are now identifying and mapping predominant building materials used in all the villages and towns across Oxfordshire.

Heritage Lottery Funded  3 Year Geoconservation Project: We have planned this year’s 8 geoconservation sessions and 1 public open day (to take place at Rock Edge Quarry, Headington, Oxford on Saturday, 11th July). We will be engaging a wide range of community groups in clearance work and learning about the geology, landscape and history of selected RIGS sites across the county. Our work on surveying and assessing the condition of 20 sites across the county, has helped us identify which sites require active geoconservation work. We hope to secure more funding to continue this monitoring work in the autumn.

Please contact OGT if you have any queries.

Oxfordshire Geology Trust
The Geological Records Centre
The Corn Exchange
Faringdon
SN7 7JA

Telephone 01367 243260
Email contact@oxfordshiregt.org