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…
After last month’s scramble through Stonehenge, this month I turn north to amble around Avebury. I know I am not the only…
Submitted by Paul Townson I would like to preface this text by saying that I am an English teacher and am in…
Stonehenge In my columns to date I have barely mentioned Stonehenge. This is deliberate; for all that I love archaeology I am…
Excavating around Salisbury Plain Last month I began a tour around the final county of the UK that I had yet to…
I have now examined the archaeology of every county in Britain bar one – Wiltshire. This was no accident, for I have…
The county of Gloucestershire encompasses a wide variety of landscapes, from the mix of urban and traditional farming communities (now more often…
After last month’s rural rambles around the archaeology of central and south Somerset, I will now head north and east to consider…
Somerset has been a fertile hunting-ground for Current Archaeology since the magazine’s inception. There is a wealth of archaeological sites and landscapes…
Dorset is home to some stunning archaeological sites, among the most remarkable in the country. Maiden Castle near Dorchester, for example, is…
I am now on the home stretch of my explorations of the counties of Britain through the pages of Current Archaeology. I…