Jaywick Martello Tower Summer Talks: British Prehistory
Join JMT for a fascinating journey into the earliest chapters of human history.
Led by one of the UK’s foremost prehistoric archaeologists, Professor Nick Ashton will reveal groundbreaking discoveries that are transforming our understanding of the first people to inhabit Britain and northern Europe.
Doors open at 6.00pm.
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