I have now examined the archaeology of every county in Britain bar one – Wiltshire. This was no accident, for I have…
Archaeologists do not often get the chance to excavate Hadrian’s Wall. The monument is well protected by law (rightly so) and spared…
Although attempts have been made to strip away later activity and present Roman – usually specifically Hadrianic – ruins to modern visitors,…
David Breeze’s new book on Hadrian’s Wall began as a series of lectures to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Even wonderful…
How do you explain the latest thinking about a 73-mile-long monument to the public? Visitors to Hadrian’s Wall in recent years may…
This latest column continues the thread that I began last month, exploring Current Archaeology’s coverage of sites in the care of the…
The 73-mile length of Hadrian’s Wall, as well as the forts and structures associated with it, has yielded thousands of intriguing objects…
Ongoing research into Winchester Cathedral’s mortuary chests – one of which is shown – is providing vital new evidence about the identities…
Post-excavation analysis of an Iron Age bark shield – the only one of its kind ever found in Europe – is greatly…
In what is thought to be the first excavation of its kind, the remains of a 19th-century Scottish whisky distillery have been…
A recent project analysing food residue on pottery from a medieval rural settlement in Raunds, Northamptonshire, has yielded detailed new information on…