In last month’s column, I examined a series of sites legacy of the Norman Conquest. One of these was Westminster Abbey, which…
The news that the Bayeux Tapestry will be making a once-in-a-lifetime visit to Britain from September 2026 until July 2027 made me…
Following on from last month’s column, here of south-east England: a series of fortifications on both sides of the English Channel that…
The Saxon Shore (litus Saxonicum) was a military command consisting of fortifications built on both sides of the English Channel, which were…
Last month’s column explored prehistoric mines, and this month I will follow up on the topic by visiting medieval and modern examples…
Since CA 428, my columns have focused on prehistoric Britain, and while researching these I read about a series of mines dating…
For my third and final column on the Palaeolithic, I will clamber into some of the most famous caves in the country.…
In the previous few columns I have explored some of the great towns of Roman Britain – so, as a change of…
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…
As part of my ongoing mini-series on the towns of Roman Britain, I will focus in this column on Roman Lincoln (Lindum),…