In anticipation of his new book, Fen and Sea, archaeologist I.G. Simmons explains how being a wartime evacuee in Lincolnshire inspired this fascinating landscape history of the area. At the start of the pandemic, it[…]

Today, we’re travelling through Neolithic Wales with author and archaeologist Jane Kenney. Exploring Neolithic buildings throughout the Welsh landscape, we discover just how important Wales is to understanding prehistoric Britain. Enjoy! Early Neolithic rectangular timber[…]

Cladh Hallan is a rare archaeological site that has recently unearthed brand new information about life in Bronze and Iron Age Britain. Here, the archaeologists behind the excavation give us an exclusive glimpse behind the[…]

Is he wealthy or does he just have a big family? Colin Shepherd, author of The Late Medieval Landscape of North-east Scotland, sets out to answer this question through a series of fascinating archaeological discoveries[…]

Are you a ‘pontist’? AKA a historic bridge enthusiast who enjoys either lobbying for preservation and/or who enjoys visiting and photographing historic bridges. If you are, this is the blog for you! Author and bridge[…]

Drawing from their brand new title, Lincoln Castle Revealed, expert archaeologists reveal the mystery behind the 18th century gaol hidden within this medieval castle. Dismissing long-held myths in just five-minutes, scroll down for a sneak[…]

This month, we talk to Dr. April Nowell, author of Growing Up in the Ice Age, about the mysterious extinction of the Neandertals. An esteemed Palaeolithic archaeologist, Nowell traces the craziest theories and strives to[…]

As the British Army looks at reductions to personnel and ongoing development of modern weaponry, we thought we’d turn our attention to the origins of warfare itself. Here, award-winning author and historian Simon Elliot gives[…]

Archaeologist Michael Fulford has been excavating Silchester, perhaps the most well-known town in Roman Britain, since 1974. A large part of his life’s work has involved the radical re-examination of the find spot of Silchester’s[…]