In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
Exploring a Neolithic monument’s lunar links Stonehenge is famous for its association with the sun, and particularly with the summer and winter…
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…
Roman tile production in the north Wiltshire countryside A community excavation in the small village of Minety has found a Roman tile…
Submitted by Paul Townson I would like to preface this text by saying that I am an English teacher and am in…
Extraordinary insights into everyday Bronze Age life Between 2015 and 2016, Cambridge Archaeological Unit excavated Britain’s most completely preserved prehistoric settlement outside…
Stonehenge In my columns to date I have barely mentioned Stonehenge. This is deliberate; for all that I love archaeology I am…
Uncovering luxury living and ‘ritual activity’ in Roman Oxfordshire Archaeological work in rural Oxfordshire has uncovered the remains of a winged corridor…
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…