In last month’s column, I examined a series of sites legacy of the Norman Conquest. One of these was Westminster Abbey, which…
Most Roman towns were sited either over previous towns, or over Roman forts. London was unusual in that it appears to have…
Roman documents discovered Probably the most important – and certainly the most dramatic discoveries made in Roman Britain in the 20th century…
Roman Britain does not just consist of grand buildings. There are also smaller buildings out in the countryside, and at Littlehay, near…
While the Romans were civilising England, life was very different story in Northern Scotland, and particularly in the outer isles, Orkney and…
Roman mosaics are perhaps the most spectacular Roman remains in Britain. Many of the finest come from Roman villas, where they reflect…
In the early 4th century, a troop of boatmen were transferred from one end of the Roman Empire to the other. Abandoning…
Has King Arthur been discovered at Tintagel? Tintagel, on the North coast of Cornwall, is famed in legend as the home of…
In the 7th century AD, a King – it was surely no less – received a magnificent burial at Sutton Hoo, in…
What happened to London after the end of Roman rule? Bede calls it a ‘mart of many nations’ yet for long the…
Perhaps the biggest disruption in the Hebrides was the advent of the Vikings. But what remained of them and what trace did…