In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
Recently I accepted a new position at the National Trust, working across south-east England on the amazing sites and landscapes in the…
Sixteen years after a spectacular early Anglo-Saxon burial was discovered in Essex, a team of more than 40 archaeological experts –…
A chance find made during re-examination of zooarchaeological remains from Fishbourne Roman palace could push back the timeline of the introduction of…
A recent ancient DNA study looking at the genetics of Neolithic Britons provides strong evidence to suggest that the shift to farming…
A long-forgotten piece of one of Stonehenge’s famous sarsen stones, which make up the outer ring of the monument, has travelled thousands…
The remains of a long-destroyed medieval castle have been unearthed by the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) during a watching brief…
A settlement dating to the Iron Age and the Romano-British period has been uncovered near the village of Childrey in Oxfordshire, ahead…
Facial reconstructions have become an increasingly common output of archaeological analysis. From the dark-skinned Cheddar Man (see CA 337) to the battle-scarred…
The foundations of a house built by Captain Cook’s father – which stood in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, until it was moved…
This large, handsome volume, organised into 11 well-crafted chapters and associated appendices, describes the trenching rationale from 25 sites and reveals the…