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Wall paintings and medieval doorways uncovered in Priory House restoration
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (386+ words) Alistair Hardaker | Image: c.1800 wallpaper at Priory House, Dunstable © Philip Aitkens Priory House survives as part of the original Dunstable Priory. It is being restored in a project which began in 2022, and is funded by £1.1m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund…...
UK museum sought for prehistoric Happisburgh handaxes
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (461+ words) Alistair Hardaker | Image: Flint handaxes discovered on the Happisburgh shoreline, Norfolk (DCMS) Two prehistoric flint handaxes crafted by some of Britain’s very first human settlers have been placed under a temporary export bar in the hope they can be saved…...
HES archaeologists find buried circle on Isle of Arran
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (258+ words) Alistair Hardaker | Image: Geophysical survey at Machrie Moor reveals traces of a possible stone or timber circle hidden beneath the surface, Historic Environment Scotland reports. Archaeologists at Historic Environment Scotland have discovered traces of a possible stone or timber circle…...
£1m reconstruction of 4,500-year-old building unveiled at Stonehenge
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (360+ words) Alistair Hardaker | Image: The Kusuma Neolithic Hall (English Heritage) Kusuma Neolithic Hall built by over 100 volunteers using historically accurate methods, open to public this summer before becoming school learning space. English Heritage has unveiled a reconstruction of a 4,500-year-old Neolithic…...
Six coins discovered beneath HMS Victory's foremast during conservation
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (409+ words) Alistair Hardaker | Imagery: HMS Victory Victorian coins and 1835 Canadian token found during £42m restoration reveal maritime tradition of placing coins beneath masts for good fortune. Six 19th-century coins and tokens have been discovered beneath the foremast of HMS Victory during the…...
Fundraising push to prevent Bronze Age jewellery leaving Leicestershire
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (495+ words) Alistair Hardaker | Image: Leicestershire’s Bronze Age Torc (Leicester County Council) Leicestershire Museums need £10,000 to acquire the county’s only Bronze Age torc or risk losing the 3,200-year-old gold treasure to private collectors. The Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society has launched an…...
One of Britain’s three known Iron Age carnyx uncovered in Norfolk conservation project
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (289+ words) A near-complete Iron Age battle trumpet has been discovered in West Norfolk, making it one of only three carnyx known from Britain and among the most complete examples found in Europe. The 2,000-year-old bronze instrument was found during a routine…...