Humble Works for Humble People is a study of the structures associated with Galway and North Clare’s fishing industry: from ‘artisanal’ piers…
The reader needs to be aware of the author and his previous county-based gazetteers to know what this book covers. The subject…
Focusing not so much on marine environments (as the title might suggest) as on wetlands and inland waterways, this book is the…
Winchester is a city with remarkable historical and archaeological roots. At various times playing a local, national, and international role, the city…
The arsenal of iron shot that was carried aboard Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, may have once struck fear into the…
Julius Caesar first invaded Britain on 23 August 55 BC. Within a month, he was gone, and although his army – fewer…
Most of England’s monumental mounds are assumed to be Norman castle mottes built in the period immediately after the Conquest – but…
Scattered across England, a host of monumental mounds have long been interpreted as Norman castle mottes. Large round mounds boast a much…
The nearly 10,000-year-old skeleton who came to be known as ‘Cheddar Man’ was found in 1903, in Gough’s Cave at Cheddar Gorge,…
Ancient DNA analysis of an Anglo-Saxon woman from East Anglia, afflicted with leprosy, has indicated that there could be a link between…