In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
In a period that is largely defined by the Romans and their written histories, thanks to a relatively poor archaeological record, coinage…
The Picts remain one of the more elusive early medieval kingdoms of Britain, and our knowledge of their culture is still rather…
A recent study, conducted by researchers from the Centre for Human Bioarchaeology at the Museum of London and Durham University, has looked…
The long-lost moat of Newark Castle has been rediscovered during a £60m project led by Severn Trent to upgrade Newark’s sewers. The…
CITiZAN, a community archaeology project focused on vulnerable intertidal and coastal sites, has won the Arts, Culture, and Heritage prize at the…
The Isles of Scilly are known for their sandy beaches and shallow tidal waters, but the archipelago was not always like this.…
In today’s era of ‘fake news’, we haven’t been entirely surprised to see recent headlines claiming new research has proven that radiocarbon…
An ambitious project to conduct the largest geophysical survey to-date of the island of Rousay in Orkney has begun. It is being…
This is another in the popular series of books that showcases finds largely recovered by metal-detectorists and recorded by the Portable Antiquities…
Almost a third of this book comprises a review of pre-Roman record keeping, before moving to the title period under headings such…