Recent analysis of 12 teeth, first excavated at the Palaeolithic site of La Cotte de St Brelade in Jersey between 1910 and…
A team from the universities of Leicester and Southampton recently re-examined previous Avebury excavations and conducted new surveying of the site (in…
An unusual underground Monitoring Post (UGMP), used during the Cold War, has been revealed during an excavation by Wessex Archaeology near Wokingham.…
The largest concentration of apotropaic graffiti, or ‘witch marks’, in the UK has been identified in the caves at Creswell Crags, a…
Two Neolithic halls have been identified within a previously unsuspected prehistoric landscape, thanks to new dating analysis following extensive excavations in Carnoustie,…
Rare examples of graffiti, made by the Roman army while they were repairing and rebuilding Hadrian’s Wall, have been recorded in a…
The oldest human cranium fragment ever mudlarked from the Thames (found on its foreshore) has been identified as Neolithic. The cranium was…
A study recently published in Scientific Reports, examining examples from across Ireland of what is known as bog butter – waxy deposits…
New research into the origins of leprosy in Ireland has revealed connections with the Viking world. A team from Queen’s University Belfast,…
The Heritage Minister has proposed a series of changes for the way Treasure finds are processed, and the PAS has released new…
Archaeologists have identified the grave of the 19th-century explorer Matthew Flinders while excavating at Euston Station as part of the HS2 scheme.…