The CBA Annual Beatrice De Cardi lecture 2023

Dr Rose Ferraby

Dr Rose Ferraby is an archaeologist and artist whose work often explores our relationships with landscape. She uses her creative practice to communicate archaeological sites and processes in ways that imagine the often hidden or invisible stories of the past. Her artwork has been commissioned by and displayed at a number of museums, including the recent ‘World of Stonehenge’ exhibition at the British Museum. She writes and presents for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4, and is passionate about sharing the perspectives on past and future landscapes that archaeology can bring. Back in the trench, Rose co-directs the Aldborough Roman Town Project on her home turf in North Yorkshire.

Neil Redfern

CBA Executive Director,

Neil joined the CBA in 2020 after a distinguished career in heritage, most recently as Development Advice Team Leader and Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Historic England. 

During his time at Historic England Neil led teams delivering award-winning development advice in Yorkshire, developed their response to major environmental threats as part of the National Heritage Protection Plan and initiated a major project on the Yorkshire Wolds to address monuments at risk from cultivation, amongst other achievements. 

Prior to this, Neil spent ten years with English Heritage as North Yorkshire Team Leader, Inspector of Ancient Monuments and Field Monument Warden. 

Between 1997 and 2000 he worked with the CBA as a Project Officer on its Defence of Britain project.