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Investigations beneath the floorboards of Oxburgh Hall, a great moated country house near King’s Lynn, have revealed a remarkable time capsule of finds spanning 500 years, from high-status manuscripts to Tudor textiles. Anna Forrest describes some of the highlights.

Latest Features

Science Notes – Studying the stones of Stonehenge

Lithological provenancing has featured heavily in the pages of Current Archaeology recently. In one of last month’s features, we discussed the recent evidence behind the potential origins of the Stonehenge bluestones, and this month we are examining the source of ...
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Examining Norman nutrition

A project – led by Dr Elizabeth Craig-Atkins from the University of Sheffield, and Dr Richard Madgwick and Dr Ben Jervis from the University of Cardiff – has examined the impact of the Norman Conquest on diet. Using finds excavated ...
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Medieval fairground found at Latton Priory

A survey of the area around the site of an Augustinian priory near Harlow, Essex, has uncovered the location of an annual medieval fair granted to the priory’s patron by Edward III in 1332 ...
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Discovering a lost Viking waterway

New research involving a combination of geophysical mapping, sediment sampling, and the study of place-names has identified a network of waterways that ran through West Mainland Orkney in the Viking and late Norse period ...
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Iron Age activity at Wintringham Park

Excavations at Wintringham Park, Cambridgeshire, have revealed evidence of ongoing occupation at the site throughout much of the late Iron Age. Located on clayland to the east of St Neots, above the Ouse Valley, the site offers a significant opportunity ...
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Go Digging!

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Meillionydd

PLEASE NOTE: The 2020 Meillionydd excavation has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we expect to continue our field work in June and July 2021. Field school students and volunteers at work at the 2016 excavation. [Image: Prifysgol Bangor University/ R. Karl] Meillionydd is a Late Bronze Age ...
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Battle Hill

Newly discovered Pictish Fort under excavation. [Image: Dr Murray Cook] The Battle Hill Prehistoric Landscape Project is the 20th season of a long-term, relaxed and open series of research and training excavations into Prehistoric Aberdeenshire. The project has to date produced over 12 publications and Dr Murray Cook’s PhD. This ...
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Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle from the air. Great Gate to the left and the castle ditch spanned by the bridge. [Image: BRP] Bamburgh Research Project has been excavating at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, UK since 1996. The castle is one of the most stunning locations in the UK, with an extensive archaeological legacy ...
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Dig into Shropshire’s past at Soulton Hall

PLEASE NOTE THE 2020 EXCAVATION SEASON HAS BEEN CANCELLED Help DigVentures investigate a rare 12th-13th ...
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Topographic Survey Training

Topographic survey training [Image: Mercian Archaeological Services CIC] In archaeology the ability to measure the ...
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Mercian Archaeological Services Post-Fieldwork Training School

As well as offering the best in archaeological training and support, the 2020 Field School ...
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Strata Florida Archaeology Field School

PLEASE NOTE: In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it is with great sadness that ...
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Advice

Think differently: think Archaeology!

This month marks the second University Archaeology Day, following 2017’s successful inaugural event. Charlotte Frearson, Jennifer French, and Andrew Gardner ...
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Is there a future in studying the past?

Is this the time to pursue a course in archaeology? The word from the field that reaches the Current Archaeology ...
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Into the Light – CASPAR at UCL

Don Henson, Director of CASPAR (Centre for Audio-Visual Study and Practice in Archaeology) explains how an innovative new centre at ...
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University Guide

A guide to all the major university archaeology departments in the UKHere we list all the major University departments that ...
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Distance Learning – Anytime Anywhere

Distance learning can offer a valuable route into archaeological study for those who are unable, or just don't want to, ...
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Want to be a Digger? – Entering the world of commercial archaeology

Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick, Head of Communications, Wessex Archaeology offers us his insight and tips on getting onto the earchaeology career ...
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Walk the Timeline

Learn all about the archaeology of Britain from these easy-to-read cyber tours, specially adapted from articles in Current Archaeology.

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Hadrian’s Wall

500000 BC – Boxgrove

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

2500 BC – The Clava Cairns

Burial chambers of the Neolithic In the Neolithic - the New Stone Age - the older you were, the more ...

1300 BC – The Dover Bronze Age Boat

A large Bronze Age boat has recently been discovered at Dover. Keith Parfitt, of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust, reports ...

200 BC – Castell Henllys

The Celts were warriors, and the most prominent remains of the Iron Age are the great hillforts, surrounded by banks ...

100 BC – The Snettisham Treasure

The great Iron Age hoards discovered at Snettisham in Norfolk form the richest Iron Age treasure ever discovered in this ...

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Current Archaeology LIVE!

Each year Current Archaeology runs an annual conference to showcase the best of archaeology at home and abroad. We have a series of talks given by the country’s leading archaeologists, and we also present the annual Archaeology Awards.

CA Live! 2020

Current Archaeology Live! is an annual two-day conference that tells you all you need to know about the latest discoveries from Britain and abroad. We hear from the foremost archaeological experts on recent finds and ground-breaking research – it is always an entertaining, stimulating and enjoyable event, attended by over 400 people every year. In February 2020, we heard about a wealth of incredible new discoveries – including the fascinating recent results from Star Carr, the story of an Elizabethan theatre in London, new information about the skeletons of the Mary Rose, and the evidence for plague in Roman Britain.

The next event will be held on 26-27 February 2021 – save the date!

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