Dr Kathy Stearne

Dr Kathy Stearn has conducted 30 years of water meadows research.  Growing up in the Yorkshire Dales, Kathy has a love for the countryside and history.  She has worked in agriculture and conservation since 1980.  Kathy gained a Doctorate in Agricultural History and Ecological Management from Imperial College London in 2004.  She presently runs a consultancy for landowners and farmers, advising on conservation, ecology and hydrology.  She has many years of experience as a successful lecturer and mentor and is currently working with Reading University mentoring undergraduate Students. Kathy has a passion for travel and is a resident historian on Viking Ocean Cruises, recently cruising around Norway and the Mediterranean.

Home of Hillforts & Henges is an exciting new event from 21st to 31st July that will celebrate Dorchester’s neolithic and iron age landscape, rich in earthworks and the people that have lived here for over 6,000 years.

Co-ordinated by the Council for British Archaeology, the Festival offers hundreds of events nationwide, organised by museums, heritage organisations, national and country parks, universities, local societies, and community archaeologists.

The Festival of Archaeology will take place between 16 – 31 July 2022.