Uncovering the hidden human history of a celebrated Scottish island A small team of archaeologists has been undertaking research into the island…
Exploring landscapes of power in early medieval East Anglia Over the last two decades, evidence of a high-status early medieval settlement has…
In last month’s column, I explored Palaeolithic important prehistoric sites not just in Britain but in the whole of western Europe. Here…
Examining the Norton Disney dodecahedron in its wider context Around 130 dodecahedra have been found across the northern Roman Empire, but the…
Encountering a community from 19th-century Blackburn On 30 September 1820, the cornerstone for a new Anglican church was laid in Blackburn town…
Reconstructing Roman London’s fashionable frescos Recent excavations in Southwark have uncovered one of the largest collections of painted Roman wall plaster ever…
Rethinking what the dead can tell us about Neolithic society in Ireland Who was buried in the passage tombs of Neolithic Ireland?…
New insights from one of Britannia’s largest urban centres The first research excavation to take place at Wroxeter in more than 30…
Excavations at Holme Hall Quarry, between Doncaster and Rotherham, have revealed how the landscape was transformed into extensive, carefully planned field systems…
Two decades of excavations in East Sussex farmland have uncovered the remains of an unusual enclosed settlement linking the Roman road network…
Mighty warhorses, as richly adorned and armoured as their knightly riders, are an immediately recognisable icon of the medieval period. Until recently,…