Renowned potter Chris Carter and archaeologist Martin Green share their fascination with the prehistoric past of Cranborne Chase. Through art and artefact, they reveal a story of the humans that occupied the landscape before history was written. Out of the Earth explores a dialogue between artist and archaeologist as they respond to the objects excavated [...]
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Out of Earth – Major Exhibition Galleries – Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
Posted in archaeology, English Heritage, events in wiltshire, History, prehistory, salisbury events, salisbury museum, sightseeing, visit wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire on November 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A MAJOR hoard of ancient artefacts has been unearthed near Tisbury, Wiltshire
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, Celts, English Heritage, neolithic, prehistory, visit wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A metal detector enthusiast located more than 100 bronze items, thought to be about 2,700 years old, on a farmland site which is being kept secret. Having first found a spearhead, he decided not to disturb the ground and notified archaeologists, who were able to conduct a meticulous excavation. The finds, from the late Bronze [...]
Jawbone found in England is from the earliest known modern human in northwestern Europe
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, Devon, History, neolithic, prehistory, trace your ancestors, UK ancestory on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Could a piece of jawbone found at Torquay’s famous Kents Cavern caves be the oldest part of modern human to be unearthed in Europe? A piece of jawbone excavated from a prehistoric cave in England is the earliest evidence for modern humans in Europe, according to an international team of scientists. The bone first was [...]
Intact Viking burial site found in UK
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, british history, burial mounds, English Heritage, History, viking on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Archaeologists have found the first intact Viking boat burial site in the UK. The 5m-long grave contained the remains of a high-status Viking who was buried with an axe, sword, spear and bronze ring-pin. The 1,000-year-old find, on the remote Ardnamurchan Peninsula, in the Highlands, was made by Ardnamurchan Transitions Project, a team led by [...]
Mesolithic Discovery Could Alter Our Understanding of Stonehenge
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, History, neolithic, salisbury museum, stone circle, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours, wessex, Wiltshire, world heritage on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A pair of carved stone ducks unearthed at Vespasian’s Camp near Stonehenge are believed to be the oldest known figurines found in the UK, and are amongst other findings that suggest the sacred site was in use several thousand years before the megalith itself was constructed. Led by archeologist David Jacques at The Open University, [...]
Don’t ignore Britain’s pre-Christian architecture
Posted in archaeology, architecture, prehistory, roman baths, Romans, stone circle, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours, Wiltshire on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No comprehensive guide to our islands’ buildings should exclude Hadrian’s Wall or Stonehenge Jonathan Glancey’s introduction to the Guardian’s Guide to British Architecture encourages a reading of architecture and an immersion in its language (Architecture: an autobiography, 10 September). The buildings “tell tales of people who have lived, loved and worked inside them”. The stories of [...]
‘Colossal fossil’ found at Cotswold Water Park
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, cotswolds tours, countryside, England facts, History, sightseeing tours, Wiltshire on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two children have found “rare” specimens of a fossilised sea creature at the Cotswold Water Park. Emily Baldry, five, from Chippenham, discovered the Rieneckia ammonite during a fossil hunt organised by the Cotswold Water Park Society on Sunday. Hugo Ashley, from Poulton, and his grandfather also found an ammonite cadoceras, and another Rieneckia ammonite. A [...]
Executed Iron Age bodies from Roman battle found in pit on Olympic transport route
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, british history, dorset tours, Romans, wessex, weymouth olympics, weymouth tours on September 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A 2,000-year-old mass grave full of dismembered bodies and skulls has been discovered at an ancient burial site being dug up to create a road for the 2012 Olympics. Archaeologists excavating the Weymouth Relief Road, on Ridgeway Hill near Weymouth, believe the pit of corpses comprises Iron Age war casualties massacred by the Roman Army. [...]
Somerset’s Ham Hill iron age fort excavation under way
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, british history, burial mounds, countryside, Glastonbury, hill fort, History, neolithic, prehistory on September 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A major excavation is under way to explore the unclear history of Britain’s largest Iron Age hill fort. The purpose of the Ham Hill site in Somerset is not known but researchers are now hoping to gain a deeper insight into life 2,000 years ago. A joint team from the universities of Cambridge and Cardiff [...]
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