A massive hoard of almost 22,000 Roman coins has been unearthed near Seaton in East Devon.
East Devon builder and metal detector enthusiast Laurence Edgerton discovered the hoard of 4th-Century copper-alloy coins in November 2013 while operating under licence on Clinton Devon Estates land near Seaton Down. The findspot is near to the Honeyditches site which includes a Roman villa and a possible Roman fort.
Exeter’s award-winning museum, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum is today (Friday) launching a bid to purchase the coins for public display in the city.
One of the longest serving campaigners for a visitor centre in Seaton, Donald Campbell, joined with nine-year-old Seaton Primary School pupils, Aimee Kenworthy and Taylor Lee to ‘break the ground’ for Seaton Jurassic today (Friday 26 September).
They were joined by representatives from all the funding partners, local community campaigners, volunteers and schoolchildren to celebrate the official start on site for the building of £4 million visitor centre.
Earlier in the day pupils from the school helped the contractors move plants to make way for the construction to take...
In an effort to minimise disruption during the summer season, project managers for Seaton Jurassic, the new visitor centre, have re-jigged the programme slightly to allow the road reconfiguration to take place alongside the site set-up.
This means the car park on The Underfleet can stay open throughout the main summer period This has been achieved without any change to the completion date which is still expected to be summer 2015 with a 'soft opening' in the autumn.
Cllr Ian Thomas, East Devon District Council's cabinet member for economy, said: "We've tried to be as...
Nature lovers can join East Devon District Council's Countryside Rangers in Seaton on Friday 18 July between 8.30 and 10.30pm to listen for the evening sounds of the inhabitants of the nature reserve.
Those who attend will learn how to use their senses from twilight to darkness, and may even be treated to a sighting of the reserve's Barn Owl.
The session will take place on Friday 18 July between 8.30-10.30pm.
Booking is essential as places are limited, and the event is weather dependent.
Call 01395 517557 or email Countryside@eastdevon.gov.uk
Three fire appliances from Seaton, Colyton and Axminster were called to tackle a fire that had broken out in the ventilation system of a restaurant in Seaton.
The incident, which occured just after 9am this morning, resulted in firefighters using a thermal imaging camera, a hose reel jet and a dry powder extinguisher to extinguish the fire.
A group of conservation volunteers have teamed up with a local choir to raise funds for a planned new Jurassic Coast visitor centre.
Volunteers from Devon Wildlife Trust’s East Devon Local Group have come together with the musical talents of Axe Valley Community Choir to stage ‘A Midsummer Concert’ on Saturday 14 June, 7.30pm, at Offwell Village Hall, near Honiton. The organisers hope to raise money for Seaton Jurassic, a new visitor centre based at Seaton.
Seaton Jurassic is the new exciting visitor attraction for East Devon that will tell the uniquely powerful story of...
There’s a fantastic opportunity coming up to learn to draw plants in the beautiful surroundings of the Axe Estuary Wetlands near Seaton, with a Botanical Art Workshop on Friday 16 May, 10am – 4pm.
Accomplished botanical and wildlife artist Linda Hampson will be teaching drawing techniques using coloured pencils that can be applied to any plants. Linda was a prize winner at the Society of Botanical Artists Annual Exhibition in 2013, and examples of her exceptionally beautiful drawings can be seen on the South West Society of Botanical Artists website www.swsba.org.uk
Residents of Seaton are being invited by EDDC and Seaton Town Council to choose how they would spend £82,000 available for sports provision.
The project(s) with the most votes will be delivered.
You can vote at the Seaton Town Council Community Fun Day: Jubilee Gardens, Seaton – the area infront of the clock tower that has recently been refurbished at the corner of Castle Hill and Sea Hill.
The date will be Saturday 12th April and the times between 11am and 3pm.
Apart from the voting you can go along to enjoy the community fun day with free circus skills,...
Communities around East Devon are about to see an extra cash injection after parish and town councils successfully bid for over £150,000 of fresh funding.
In total, £155,558 will be placed in the district’s ‘Parishes Together Fund’ after East Devon District Council and Devon County Council worked together to raise the sum equal to £1.10 per elector. Projects including the Ottery Food Bank, the Cranbrook Community fund, the Axminster mental health organisation known as ‘The Project’ as well as several primary schools in the area are among the projects to benefit from the funding....
