After last month’s column on Westminster Cathedral, I will continue my ecclesiastical theme this month by exploring three of the great religious…
Encountering a community from 19th-century Blackburn On 30 September 1820, the cornerstone for a new Anglican church was laid in Blackburn town…
To conclude my mini-series on the towns of Roman. famous Romano-British city of all: Verulamium, modern-day St Albans. With much of the…
Reconstructing Roman London’s fashionable frescos Recent excavations in Southwark have uncovered one of the largest collections of painted Roman wall plaster ever…
As part of my ongoing mini-series on the towns of Roman Britain, I will focus in this column on Roman Lincoln (Lindum),…
Rethinking what the dead can tell us about Neolithic society in Ireland Who was buried in the passage tombs of Neolithic Ireland?…
This month’s column comprises the latest in visited Chester and Colchester, and next up is Cirencester (Corinium). While not the most famous…
New insights from one of Britannia’s largest urban centres The first research excavation to take place at Wroxeter in more than 30…
Last month’s visit to Chester/Deva got me of Roman Britain. I have previously visited Silchester/Calleva (CA 337, April 2018), Wroxeter/Viroconium (CA 338,…
Excavations at Holme Hall Quarry, between Doncaster and Rotherham, have revealed how the landscape was transformed into extensive, carefully planned field systems…
Roman Chester – Deva Victrix – is one of the unquestioned ‘great sites’ of Roman Britain. This was a major military centre…