Heritage Highlights: Where is one of the world’s oldest surviving railway tunnels?
Fritchley Tunnel Butterley Gangroad, Fritchley, Derbyshire Scheduled: 2015 NHLE entry Who would have thought that, beneath an unassuming junction inContinue Reading
Category: Archaeology
6 Ways to Live Your Life as a Hermit
Looking to leave the rat race and live a quiet life? Discover the six main types of hermitages and choose your favourite.
6 Sites That Help Us Better Understand Roman Entertainment
By the time of the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, the amphitheatre was a well-established building form, reaching its ultimate archetype in the construction of the Colosseum in AD 69 – 96.
Top 5 Heritage Blog Posts of 2014
5. Lost Railway Stations Earlier this month, we celebrated the release of Simon Parissien’s new book on English Railway stationsContinue Reading
7 Abandoned Villages That Can Teach Us About Medieval Life
Explore the spaces in which medieval people farmed and made their homes in the English landscape.
21 Amazing Places in England Recently Given Protected Status
1. Ennerdale, Cumbria. About 2000 BC to present Despite being clothed in over 1,200 hectares of coniferous plantations, the EnnerdaleContinue Reading
Excavation of a Viking-Age Cemetery at Cumwhitton
Little did Peter Adams know, when he pulled a metal object from the ground in 2004, that he had madeContinue Reading
New Discovery at the ‘Home of Easter’
After almost 20 years of intermittent excavation on the Whitby Abbey Headland we were putting together the records and drawnContinue Reading
Documenting the Physical Legacy of the Home Front 1914 – 18
Today the Council for British Archaeology, English Heritage and many other national organisations are launching an online project, Home FrontContinue Reading
A new site for the Battle of Hastings?
Last night’s Time Team aired on Channel 4 and apart from cringing at the prospect of watching myself on TV,Continue Reading