Even a brand new town can hold ancient secrets. That is certainly the case at Sherford, currently under construction outside Plymouth, where…
Archaeological work near Woodbridge in Suffolk has revealed the rare remains of a Neolithic wooden trackway and platform. The waterlogged timbers were…
Post-excavation analysis of a grave discovered on a hillside just north of Shoreham-by-Sea suggests that its Anglo-Saxon occupant may have met a…
A community project at Thusater Burn near Thurso – the most northerly town of mainland Scotland – has revealed possible evidence of…
Extensive archaeological work during Highways England’s A14 improvement scheme in Cambridgeshire has revealed a wealth of features spanning thousands of years (see…
A stone inscribed with 7th-century writing has been discovered during excavations at Tintagel Castle. Found during a five-year project commissioned by English…
While we have talked a lot about ancient DNA (aDNA) in ‘Science Notes’, it has mainly been in the context of decoding…
It is well known that the Industrial revolution led to a staggering shift in the global nitrogen cycle – a key process…
The Stonehenge Bluestones is a semi-glossy, well-produced, slim, populist volume that, after ten years, replaces John’s earlier book, The Bluestone Enigma. It…
The Isle of Man lies at the centre of the Irish Sea and is characterised by its own insular traditions, while also…