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The 2025 / 2026 lecture season has now ended. The new lecture season for autumn 2026 / spring 2027 will commence in the autumn. Please click on the 'Lecture Programme' link on the side bar (left) to see the lectures we've had this year and the new lecture series when it's announced.

* Glastonbury Tribunal is now open to the public *

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The Godney Anglo-Saxon Canoe

The canoe is housed in the Tribunal on Glastonbury High Street. Wood samples from the canoe were sent for carbon dating earlier this year. Tests revealed that the canoe is not of Iron Age date as had been previously assumed, but is actually of Anglo-Saxon manufacture. Dating from between the early 6th to early 7th century, it is the only Anglo-Saxon boat to have been found in Somerset.

A paper containing all the latest research on the canoe can be found at the bottom of this page.