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The Timeline of Britain - Page 2

Join us in walking the Timeline from half a million years ago nearly to the present day. Learn all about the archaeology of Britain from these easy-to-read cyber tours, specially adapted from articles in Current Archaeology.

The Timeline of Britain

500000 BC – Boxgrove

In a gravel pit at Boxgrove, just outside Chichester, the remains of a man have been discovered, half a million years old.…

Roman Mosaics
The Timeline of Britain

AD 300 – Roman Mosaics

Roman mosaics are perhaps the most spectacular Roman remains in Britain. Many of the finest come from Roman villas, where they reflect…

Arbeia
The Timeline of Britain

AD 350 – Arbeia Roman fort at South Shields

In the early 4th century, a troop of boatmen were transferred from one end of the Roman Empire to the other. Abandoning…

Tintagel
The Timeline of Britain

AD 500 – Tintagel

Has King Arthur been discovered at Tintagel? Tintagel, on the North coast of Cornwall, is famed in legend as the home of…

Sutton Hoo/The Timeline of Britain

AD 700 – Sutton Hoo

In the 7th century AD, a King – it was surely no less – received a magnificent burial at Sutton Hoo, in…

Saxon London
The Timeline of Britain

AD 700 – Saxon London Discovered

What happened to London after the end of Roman rule? Bede calls it a ‘mart of many nations’ yet for long the…

Udal
The Timeline of Britain

AD 800 – Vikings invade the Udal

Perhaps the biggest disruption in the  Hebrides was the advent of the Vikings. But what remained of them and what trace did…

Bullwharf
The Timeline of Britain

AD 886 – Return to the Roman City: Bullwharf

On Christmas Day 886, King Alfred, exasperated by the attacks of the Danes, finally decided to abandon the undefended ‘open’ site of…

English Village
The Timeline of Britain

AD 900 – The Origins of the English Village

When did the typical English village begin? That is, when did the outlying farms join together to become a nucleated village? Professor…

Canterbury
The Timeline of Britain

AD 1000 – Canterbury Cathedral

A major Anglo-Saxon cathedral has been revealed – directly under the flagstones of the nave of Canterbury Cathedral. To everyone’s surprise, the…

Norwhich
The Timeline of Britain

AD 1200 – Norwich: the second largest medieval city

Norwich was the second largest city in Medieval Britain: why? In recent years a number of major sites covering more than 20…

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