EXPLORING ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES: CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF DERRICK RILEY AND WILLIAM ARNOLD BAKER 

A day conference focussing on two significant aerial photographers, and the evolving aerial 

archaeology techniques and research inspired by them

Saturday 29 MARCH 2025, 10am to 4.45pm

to be held in the Creative Lounge, The Workstation,

Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX

PROGRAMME

MORNING SESSION

9.30 Registration 

10am Welcome - Chair: Ken Smith, President of the Hunter Archaeological Society

10.05-10.30am Colin Merrony and Tom Millington - Aerial Archaeology at the University of Sheffield: Bringing the Past into the Present

10.30 -11.10am Bob Bewley - Aerial Archaeology in the Middle East – the contribution of an unsung hero: Derrick Riley

11.10-11.40am REFRESHMENTS, stalls and posters 

11.40am -12.20pm Roger White – Arnold Baker: building on his work and legacy

12.20-12.50pm Chris Cox – Made in Sheffield, 40 years on: Flying, photography and mapping with Derrick Riley

12.50-1pm Discussion and Q & A

1 – 2pm LUNCH, stalls and posters.  Lunch buffet on mezzanine floor.

AFTERNOON SESSION

2pm   Welcome - Chair: Yvonne Boutwood, Chair Prehistory Research Section, Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society

2.05-2.35pm Robyn Andrews – Flying the flag for Apprenticeships at Historic England: Entering the realm of aerial archaeology from a new route

2.35 –3.05pm Alison Deegan – Around Scunthorpe in Five Derrick Riley Air Photos

3.05-3.35pm Steve Malone – Ancient Woodland, Ancient Landscapes: LIDAR survey in the forests of North Nottinghamshire

3.35 – 4pm REFRESHMENTS, stalls and posters 

4-4.30pm Kimberley Teal - The Western Westmorland Dales Aerial Investigation and Mapping Project - recent discoveries

4.30 – 4.45pm Discussion and summing up with Bob Bewley and Colin Merrony        

4.45pm Conference closes