Bath Coin Hoard

Archaeologists working for Cotswold Archaeology have uncovered a rare mid 3rd century Roman coin hoard in Bath. Based on the size of the deposit, this hoard could contain over 1,000 coins and was lifted as a single soil block from the site, where the main pool will be built for the Gainsborough Hotel and Thermal Spa, to be taken away for laboratory excavation and conservation.

Rare Roman Shoes

When Wessex archaeologists lifted the lid of a three-tonne stone coffin from Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, last year, they were greeted by the tender sight of a woman cradling a young child in her arms. The sealed environment within the coffin had slowed down the process of decay sufficiently to preserve the remains of the mother and child, along with several scraps of their clothing, including their shoes.

A Truly 'Revolutionary' Neolithic After All?

Most students of prehistory will have wrestled at some stage with the essay question that runs: ‘The Neolithic Revolution was neither Neolithic nor revolutionary: discuss’ – the point being that the lifestyles that characterise the Neolithic do not appear suddenly, but take millennia to develop: wild seed harvesting continues alongside cultivation; hunting alongside animal  domestication; and the village life of the Neolithic is preceded in the Mesolithic by a mix of seasonal settlement and nomadism.

Return to Ringlemere

Members of Canterbury Archaeological Trust returned to Ringlemere Farm in the summer of 2007, and although nothing was found  to compare with the famous Ringlemere Gold Cup (see CA 208) found in 2001 by metal detectorist Cliff Bradshaw, now on display in British Museum, considerable further detail was added to the landscape context for that find.