In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
‘Power to the people’ and all praise to ringmaster Andy Burnham! In 2012, veterinarian Olaf Swarbrick published his gazetteer of standing stones,…
New displays in Westminster Abbey’s eastern triforium (the gallery above the nave) explore the long history of the church, its royal links,…
Last month’s ‘great excavation’ explored prehistoric Somerset through the work of John and Bryony Coles along the Sweet Track. In this month’s…
During the Seven Years War, troops from Hesse, near Frankfurt, were stationed in Hampshire to guard against French invasion. Excavation outside Winchester…
We are all familiar with the Classical gods who were imported to these shores with the arrival of the Roman army, but…
New evidence, brought to light by researchers from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and local historians from the Derry Tower Heritage Group, suggests…
Excavations at Pembroke Castle in Wales have revealed the foundations of a large medieval domestic building within the outer ward of the…
A large Roman cemetery has been unearthed near Winterton, North Lincolnshire, five miles northeast of Scunthorpe. With excavations ongoing, over 60 burials…
The foundations of the medieval Dominican friary of Stirling – and evidence that the lives of its occupants were far from frugal…
An ongoing project by University College Cork (UCC) is revealing the living conditions of convicts imprisoned on Spike Island – a small…