In last month’s column, I examined a series of sites legacy of the Norman Conquest. One of these was Westminster Abbey, which…
Current Archaeology's Book of the Year 2011 is awarded to Julian Bowsher and Pat Miller for The Rose and the Globe: Playhouses…
This year, the much coveted Research Project of the Year prize went to The Ness of Brodgar, and was accepted on behalf…
Contradictory policies David Cameron marked the beginning of the holiday season (now but a distant memory) with a speech on tourism that…
Plans to ‘de-regulate’ Britain ‘Help us repeal bad laws,’ said Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on 1 July, asking the public for…
The largest hoard of Anglo Saxon gold ever found, was discovered the summer of 2009 by a metal-detectorist in a field in…
The Portable Antiquities Scheme has today released news of the Frome Hoard, a cache of 52,503 Roman coins dating to the 3rd…
Archaeologists have discovered Stonehenge’s little sister, dubbed Bluestonehenge, just 2.8km away on the west bank of the River Avon.…
Dig for Shakespeare The University of Birmingham Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity is an internationally acclaimed research community that brings archaeology…
Four miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne, Hadrian’s Wall comes to an end. It’s not quite at the sea — Tynemouth is…
Chesters is the nicest of the Hadrian's Wall forts. It lies 20 miles west of Newcastle and forms the beginning of the…