In last month’s column, I explored Palaeolithic important prehistoric sites not just in Britain but in the whole of western ...

This month’s articles are bookended by unusual artefacts with intriguing tales to tell. The first is an elaborate pendant ...

Examining the Norton Disney dodecahedron in its wider context Around 130 dodecahedra have been found across the northern ...

Unusually for my column, I will start in this instance at the most recent mention of Roman Lincoln and then work backwards chronologically through past coverage in the magazine. CA 421 (April 2025) ...

Overlooking the 2024 excavation within the paddock at Wroxeter Farm. The upstanding remains of the Roman city, including the public baths, can be seen on the opposite side of the road, while the ...

Colchester’s first CA cover feature came in 1973, though the article within was more focused on nearby Chelmsford – Roman Caesaromagus. The high standards that Ros and Philip instilled from the outset ...

Over the course of eight decades, at least 14 separate hoards of Iron Age metalwork have been recovered from a single field at Snettisham in Norfolk. Now, following the publication of a new book ...

In AD 872-873, a Viking army spent the winter at Torksey in Lincolnshire. Their camp is now well known, but the team that discovered it have since turned their attention to what happened after the ...

This photo shows just a portion of Le Câtillon II, the largest coin hoard yet found in the British Isles, which was discovered in Jersey in 2012. As well as more than 69,000 Celtic coins, the corroded ...

Overlooking the Priors Hall excavation site, where Oxford Archaeology East has revealed the remains of a Roman temple-mausoleum that was subsequently repurposed as a major tile- and brick-making ...

Over the last eight years, archaeological work by the University of Aberdeen – including some intrepid excavations at Dunnicaer – has revealed major new insights into the Picts. The Picts are a ...

This coin is a unique issue of Alfred the Great, a quatrefoil type issued by a previously unknown moneyer; other recovered coins have shed new light on royal relationships within the region. CREDIT: ...