Why bother recording archaeological sites from the very recent past? Mike Nevell and Sarah Cattell explain why a community project investigating the remains of a Manchester nightclub demolished in 1986 holds the answer.

Even a brand new town can hold ancient secrets. That is certainly the case at Sherford, currently under construction outside Plymouth, where wide-ranging excavations have revealed a wealth of clues to much earlier occupation spanning thousands of years. Some of the Sherford structures are enigmatic, but the estate covered in our next feature is downright […]