Welcome to the MSRG
"On behalf of the Medieval Settlement Research Group (MSRG) I am most happy to welcome you to our website. The MSRG is a multi-disciplinary group that facilitates collaboration between archaeologists, historians, geographers and other interested parties dedicated to developing understanding of settlement between the fifth and sixteenth centuries AD."
(Professor Stephen Rippon, MSRG President)
MSRG Principal Aims
- To increase public awareness of the subject by spreading information about medieval settlement as widely as possible
- To publish an annual journal, reporting on the progress of medieval settlement studies
- To sponsor original research
- To hold regular meetings, lectures, seminars and conferences around the country
- To influence national policy on the excavation and recording of threatened sites
- To offer advice and information to individuals and organizations conducting research into settlement
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