I have now examined the archaeology of every county in Britain bar one – Wiltshire. This was no accident, for I have…
Carenza Lewis, Preceptor in Archaeology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Team member of Channel 4’s Time Team tells us of going…
![Hampton Court Palace and the Privy Garden as seen from the top of an extending ladder. The original bedding trenches have here been re-excavated. Note the original palace of Henry VIII to the left of the Wren building [Photo Credit: Northamptonshire Archaeology]](https://i0.wp.com/archaeology.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/1994/09/ca140-8web.jpg?resize=480%2C384&ssl=1)
On the night of 31 March 1986, Hampton Court Palace caught fire. The great state apartments, built by Wren, were ravaged, but…