In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
My final geographically themed review focuses on London. I touched on some sites there in my reviews of Roman archaeology and the…
Since CA 360 (March 2020) I have criss-crossed the United Kingdom, examining its history through the eyes of Current Archaeology. I have…
I concluded last month’s column just east of Avebury at the Sanctuary, a Neolithic and Bronze Age site that is also the…
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…