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Bury St Edmunds Iron Age coin hoard sells for more than £33,000

4+ hour, 50+ min ago  (425+ words) A hoard of 18 Iron Age gold coins discovered in a field by a metal detecting history professor has sold for "33,200 at auction. The coins are the largest known find from the reign of Iron Age king Dubnovellaunos, who ruled the…...

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Artworks saved from demolished Grimsby Abbey Walk car park

1+ day, 31+ min ago  (312+ words) Four sculptures have been saved from the side of a 1960s multi-storey car park that is being demolished. The concrete artworks by local artist Harold Gosney have been removed from the Abbey Walk site in Grimsby. The local civic society has…...

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'Thought-provoking' artworks inspired by old Manx mines tunnels

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (350+ words) A new display featuring artwork of some of the Isle of Man's underground passages is "thought-provoking and compelling", the curator has said. The Mann Underground exhibition at Manx Museum explores Major Shane Lucas' lifelong fascination of underground passages and the…...

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Abergavenny's abandoned building with 'grisly' Catholic history

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (790+ words) It is an unassuming building in the middle of a row of everyday shops - but it hides a grisly past. In the 17th Century, "priest hunters" would comb the towns and villages of Wales and England looking for people worshipping the…...

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Metro workers in Newcastle find buried vintage Hobbit tapes

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (361+ words) Vintage recordings of JRR Tolkien's novel The Hobbit have been unearthed on a railway line. The cassettes featuring a BBC radio drama were found buried at the base of an overhead line mast on the Tyne and Wear Metro in…...

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Inside a 12,000-year-old kitchen in Neolithic Anatolia

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (348+ words) An ancient kitchen found in Turkey's Karahan Tepe offers a rare glimpse into prehistoric cooking and daily life.Guided by an archaeological team, chef Julie Lin visits the siteto find out about what could be the world's oldest kitchen. Expert…...

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'There's history under your feet wherever you go"

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (335+ words) A metal detectorist, who uncovered a hoard of sunken relics, one of which was a rare sinister note found at the boundary of a graveyard, has said "there is history under your feet". Alex Farrow from Lancashire was doing some…...

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Medieval coins from 13th Century found in Derbyshire field declared treasure

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (424+ words) Two medieval silver coins - believed to be more than 800 years old - have been ruled as treasure at an inquest after they were unearthed by a metal detectorist. Chris Revill, who has been a detectorist for four decades, was searching the…...

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Sinkhole reveals forgotten wine cellar under golf course

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (433+ words) A sinkhole that opened up on a golf course has exposed an abandoned wine cellar believed to have been sealed for more than 100 years. Staff at Davyhulme Park Golf Club in Trafford, Greater Manchester, found the brick cellar filled with…...

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Canterbury's hidden vaults bringing the city's past alive

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (598+ words) A hidden vault discovered under a public square in Canterbury could be the resting place of an 18th Century vicar and poet, experts have said. The brick'lined chamber, found during improvement works at St Mary Bredman Square, may belong to the…...