Exploring the archaeology of Smallhythe Place Smallhythe Place, a National Trust property in Kent, is home to a picturesque timber-framed house with…
For this month’s contribution to the ‘great excavations’ mini-series, I turn to perhaps the greatest project in medieval archaeology: Wharram Percy. This…
Discover the stories revealed by the bones of Londoners in this fascinating evening workshop. Immerse yourself in this hands-on workshop where you…
Highways England’s road improvement works between Cambridge and Huntingdon have allowed archaeologists to investigate an entire landscape on a vast scale. Carly…
As this month’s contribution to the ‘great excavations’ mini-series, I turn my attention to a ‘great’ project of Anglo-Saxon archaeology: Sutton Hoo…
Between the 7th and 12th centuries, criminals who were put to death in Anglo-Saxon England were often interred not in community graveyards,…
More than 4,500 years ago, a hugely popular cultural phenomenon – today known as the Bell Beaker Complex – captured the prehistoric…
In last month’s ‘great excavations’ mini-series (CA 337), I mentioned the then editor’s suggestion in CA 8 (May 1968) that ‘one of…
The arsenal of iron shot that was carried aboard Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, may have once struck fear into the…
Julius Caesar first invaded Britain on 23 August 55 BC. Within a month, he was gone, and although his army – fewer…
Most of England’s monumental mounds are assumed to be Norman castle mottes built in the period immediately after the Conquest – but…