In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
A large Bronze Age boat has recently been discovered at Dover. Keith Parfitt, of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust, reports.…
The Celts were warriors, and the most prominent remains of the Iron Age are the great hillforts, surrounded by banks and ditches…
The great Iron Age hoards discovered at Snettisham in Norfolk form the richest Iron Age treasure ever discovered in this country.…
A rich burial dating to within 20 years after the Roman conquest has just been excavated in a gravel quarry at Stanway,…
Most Roman towns were sited either over previous towns, or over Roman forts. London was unusual in that it appears to have…
Roman documents discovered Probably the most important – and certainly the most dramatic discoveries made in Roman Britain in the 20th century…
Roman Britain does not just consist of grand buildings. There are also smaller buildings out in the countryside, and at Littlehay, near…
While the Romans were civilising England, life was very different story in Northern Scotland, and particularly in the outer isles, Orkney and…
Roman mosaics are perhaps the most spectacular Roman remains in Britain. Many of the finest come from Roman villas, where they reflect…
In the early 4th century, a troop of boatmen were transferred from one end of the Roman Empire to the other. Abandoning…