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Volunteers archaeologists sought for medieval dig at Kirkby Thore
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (665+ words) Oxford Cotswold Archaeology says Kirkby Thore has previously yielded "rare and significant" early medieval features People wanting to try their hand at archaeology are being asked to volunteer for a dig on a medieval site. Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) said…...
Forgotten mass grave of Bradford's "Little Incurables" unearthed
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (728+ words) Tim Hardy from the Undercliffe Cemetery Charity with Deborah Buxton from Barnardo's and gravedigger Graham Swain A long-lost gravestone dedicated to 15 children has been unearthed at Bradford's Undercliffe Cemetery. The children had all lived at the Home for Little Incurables…...
Gloucestershire: DNA testing proves rare Anglo-Saxon sibling double burial
22+ hour, 56+ min ago (680+ words) The two children are thought to have been from a high status Anglo-Saxon family because of the items they were buried with. DNA analysis has revealed that two children buried together in an Anglo-Saxon grave at Cherington, Gloucestershire, were brother…...
HMS Forward - the secret tunnels beneath South Heighton
3+ day, 28+ min ago (743+ words) The network of tunnels is built into a chalk hillside A network of wartime tunnels hidden beneath an East Sussex housing estate once formed one of the Royal Navy's most secret command centres. The underground complex, known as HMS Forward,…...
Sizewell C ancient funeral pyre is 'rare as hen's teeth"
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (768+ words) The pyre was probably built from stacked timbers and was about 3m by 2m (10ft by 6. 5ft) and about 1. 5m tall (5ft) Archaeologists working on one of Britain's biggest digs have been amazed to find the remains of an ancient funeral pyre. They made the discovery…...
Scotland: Rome's Final Frontier
1+ week, 1+ day ago (41+ words) BBC Scotland: Rome's Final Frontier Archaeologist Dr Fraser Hunter looks back on three centuries of contact and conflict with Scotland's Roman invaders, a story of a superpower pitted against tribesmen and warlords. Scotland: Rome's Final Frontier (59 mins)...
The Roman ruin under a shopping centre trapdoor
1+ week, 1+ day ago (571+ words) The King's Bastion contains a section of Gloucester's Roman wall and a medieval defensive tower A Roman monument which lies underneath a trapdoor in a shopping centre has reopened to the public for the first time since 2019. Part of Gloucester's…...
BBC - Robert Burns - Fragment - Epistle from Esopus to Maria
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (68+ words) Fragment - Epistle from Esopus to Maria is a poem written by Robert Burns in 1796 and read here by Dougray Scott. Previous work: A Fragment [Ballad on the American War] Next work: Fragment [Montgomery's Peggy] Fragment - Epistle from Esopus to Maria…...
Pembroke Castle: 'Remarkable' hidden cave under castle in Wales
1+ week, 6+ day ago (471+ words) The discovery was made underneath Pembroke Castle in south Wales Scientists say that they have discovered a "remarkable" cave hidden underneath a castle in south-west Wales. Small digs of the site under Pembroke Castle, known as Wogan Cavern, have so…...
Aylesbury exhibition dispels myth of Anglo-Saxon 'Dark Ages"
1+ mon, 17+ hour ago (1171+ words) The "feather-light" glass beaker found at Wendover is decorated with fine lines a modern glass-maker would struggle to replicate, says curator Brett Thorn A fragile glass drinking beaker and a warrior's sword are among items on display at an exhibition…...