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The ‘champion’s portion’? prehistoric feasting at Llanmaes
An important feasting site is being excavated at Llanmaes in south Wales. Along with fabulous metalwork and pottery, archaeologists have found a very mysterious array of bones in the midden site. What could it mean?
Who killed Lindow Man?
In the summer of 1984, archaeologists recovered the well-preserved remains of a 2,000-year-old body from a bog in Cheshire. Years later, the file is still open on this ancient whodunnit. Features Editor Neil Faulkner asks: is the traditional interpretation of ritual killing correct?
It was on 1 August 1984 that a worker at a peat-cutting company on the edge of Lindow Moss in Cheshire pulled what looked like a lump of wood off the conveyor-belt. When it hit the ground, the peat fell away to reveal a human leg.
The Old Dock: How Liverpool grew to greatness
In 1700, Liverpool was a small town with a dock that was in danger of silting up. Yet it was a town with prospects: Chester, which had hitherto been the main port in the north-west, was silting up even more. The discovery of the Americas had increased the importance of ports facing the Atlantic, and the citizens of Liverpool decided to capitalise on the situation by building an innovative ‘wet dock’. The dock had massive gates that were opened only at high tide, and so kept the level of water at high-tide level within the dock, which meant that ships could unload straight on to the dockside while still afloat.
Kenilworth Castle: the wooing of a Virgin Queen
English Heritage has just spent £2.1 million recreating an Elizabethan garden based on an eyewitness description published in a letter in 1575. But was the letter a spoof made up by rivals for the Queen’s favour, and what part did archaeology play in pinning down the truth? Chris Catling investigates.
"It’s a long, long way to Tipperary…”: the archaeology of the Great War at Otterburn
High on the moor at Silloans, within the Otterburn Training Area, lies the well-preserved remains of a trench system.
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