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London built on the blood of slaves

This very interesting article was posted by Digital Digging on Facebook. The Romans as cruel oppressors seems to be written out of history yet totally believable.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24021618-london-built-with-the-blood-of-british-slaves.do
tjj Posted by tjj
16th December 2011ce

7,000-year-old timbers found beneath MI6 Thames headquarters


Archaeologists hail oldest wooden structure ever found on river, despite security services' armed response to researchers.

When MI6 set up home on the banks of the Thames one secret escaped its watchful eyes... continues...
baza Posted by baza
7th January 2011ce

MUSEUM OF LONDON - new galleries

The new galleries are open.
The London before London display is great.

New online fabulous collection of images of the masses of prehistoric artefacts found in the area:

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/Prehistoric1700/Prehistoric.htm
nix Posted by nix
14th May 2010ce

Jade Axe Gallery Talk


In conjunction with BBC Radio 4) and the British Museum's A History of the World in 100 Objects: (Jade Axe http://www.bbc.co... continues...
Littlestone Posted by Littlestone
5th February 2010ce
Edited 5th February 2010ce

British Museum

The new prehistoric galleries are open - a limited amount of lovely things on show although sadly they seem smaller than they did previously.
tuesday Posted by tuesday
2nd January 2008ce

'Stone Age Survival' talk at London's FESTIVAL OF LIFE this weekend........


with HUGH NEWMAN - Sunday 5.30pm
a multimedia presentation at The FESTIVAL OF LIFE, St Paul's Steiner Project
1 St Paul's Road, Islington, London N1 2QH

STONE AGE SURVIVAL: Earth Energies, Megaliths & Ancient Nutrition

Hugh Newman has studied Naturopathic nutrition and alternative therapies for seven years... continues...
Megalithomania Posted by Megalithomania
31st August 2007ce
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This newish exhibition at The Museum of London has an amazing collection of mesolithic, neolithic, bronze and iron age artefacts - together lots of very good information on the periods and the history of the Thames Valley and the area of the city in particular.

See:

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archive/lbl/default.asp
nix Posted by nix
31st January 2009ce
Edited 31st January 2009ce

london under the dust

we walk with the past
though arches and down ancient roads
the past, our past is not
just out there
but beneath our feet
around our ears
beneath our noses
john dee and canary wharf
makes sense to me
Posted by mindweed
29th April 2002ce

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Museum of London


Posted by RiotGibbon
22nd October 2001ce

London's Sacred Sites


Something to get us started *inside* the M25
Posted by RiotGibbon
16th October 2001ce

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London Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) — News

On the move again?


"It now appears the the Stone will be on its travels once again, although this time not across the road, but a few doors along. Diamond Geezer, one of the prolific London bloggers, has been delving into the planning application from the owners of the building where the stone now resides:"

More here - http://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/the-london-stone-on-the-move-again/
Littlestone Posted by Littlestone
15th November 2011ce

Vauxhall Cross (Ancient Trackway) — Miscellaneous

The dig is here in their Bronze Age Compilation:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team-digs/4od#2927032
nix Posted by nix
8th March 2011ce

The Clerk's Well (Sacred Well) — Fieldnotes

If you wish to inspect the well at close quarter. Contact the local historian at Finsbury Library. They have a key and will open the space by arrangement.

There is little about any pre-historic provenance but the little exhibition next to the well is interesting.

The room housing the well is suffering from subsidence and will undergo restoration and be closed for a period soon.
nix Posted by nix
14th May 2010ce

The Clerk's Well (Sacred Well) — Images (click to view fullsize)

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14th May 2010ce

London Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) — News

London Stone: Making a Myth


Lecture. Museum of London, Tuesday, 13 April. 6.30-8pm. Free.

"John Clark has recently retired from a long and distinguished career as Senior Curator (Medieval) at the Museum of London. In this talk he investigates the strange history of London Stone, the mysterious block of limestone that currently sits, ignored by passers-by, in an alcove in the wall of a building opposite Cannon Street Station."

More here - http://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/london-stone-making-a-myth-3/
Littlestone Posted by Littlestone
17th March 2010ce

Boadicea's Grave (Round Barrow(s)) — Fieldnotes

Stuck in London on a two day Finance Course (yuck), blue skies and September sunshine warranted a tube ride to Hampstead and a walk over the heath. The barrow is sadly fenced off, but is very large and prominent. It's covered with trees and surrounded by vegetation, so the full form is not easy to see. There may be a ditch around the barrow.

As mentioned below, it's well worth the trip on a nice day for the views from Parliament Hill.
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
11th November 2009ce

Boadicea's Grave (Round Barrow(s)) — Images

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11th November 2009ce

London Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) — News

London Stone to cross the road


The American property developer Gerald Hines is trying to persuade the City of London authority to let him re-house the stone in the foyer of the redeveloped Cannon Street station.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23720677-details/Smart+new+home+for+stone+that+s+steeped+in+history/article.do

It's true that this is nearer to it's original horizontal position - albeit several meters up in the air from the original ground height where it stood.

There hasn't been any movement on the proposed relocation of the stone to the Museum of London and almost anything would be preferable to the way it is currently housed.
nix Posted by nix
28th August 2009ce

Vauxhall Cross (Ancient Trackway) — Images

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26th June 2009ce
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