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A new reconstruction of an Iron Age crannog is set to be unveiled five years after a fire destroyed the previous incarnation.

An ancient artificial island in a loch on the Isle of Lewis was built entirely on a wooden platform, archaeologists have discovered.

A sharp-eyed dog walker made an extraordinary discovery when he spotted what is believed to be a Bronze Age axe head during a walk through woodland.

Old news, but good news. The stone looked perfectly happy when I visited.

The cremated remains of an Iron Age man have been unearthed during an archaeological excavation in Dumfries and Galloway.

Burnt bone fragments were discovered during an initial dig of the Adie’s Brae settlement at Ericstane, near Moffat, in 2024.

The remains of a human settlement dating back thousands of years have been found near a castle in the south-west of Glasgow.

At least five roundhouses and a fenced enclosure that may have surrounded them were discovered during a geophysical survey carried out at Crookston Castle.

The “spectacular and intricate” combat guard was discovered during labouring work in a field in Beith, North Ayrshire, in about 1779 and was presented to the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1791 where it has remained since.

What first appeared to be bits of wood in the ground has now been revealed to be a rare glimpse into life during the middle Bronze Age.

A 6,000-year-old trackway that dates back to the early Neolithic period has been discovered by archaeologists.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has revoked the development consent order for a tunnel, two junctions and a northern bypass, saying it was doing so under “exceptional circumstances”.

It means the project is officially scrapped, and anyone wanting to revive it in future would have to begin the planning approval process from scratch.

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When actor Charlie Cooper offered to teach a friend metal detecting, he did not expect his pupil to find gold on his first attempt.

A hoard of 18 Iron Age gold coins discovered in a field by a metal detecting history professor has sold for £33,200 at auction.

Via The Prehistory Guys Prehistoric Archaelogy News YouTube podcast of February ‘26… it has been announced in the latest issue of Antiquity magazine that archaeologists have discovered that this site contains the largest prehistoric nucleated settlement in the whole of Great Britain and Ireland. Over 600 Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age hut platforms have been identified. The site also includes the adjoining Neolithic site of Spinners Hill within its outer rampart. It becomes the earliest known prehistoric urban settlement, pushing back that boundary by 500 years. What is believed to be a Bronze Age water cistern has also been discovered, the first of its kind in Ireland.

Demolition work will start in April at the site of a neolithic monument where – legend has it – the bones of King Arthur’s magician Merlin are buried.

A collection of more than 800 Iron Age artefacts found in a North Yorkshire field will go on public display for the first time.

The Melsonby Hoard is believed to be one of the UK’s largest finds from the period, and, following a fundraising campaign, was acquired by the Yorkshire Museum.

A 6th Century burial ground and two Iron Age roundhouses have been discovered during a Scottish Water sewer upgrade project in the Highlands.

Plans have been submitted to build 20 x 200m tall wind turbines on Barningham Moor close to Eel Hill and Osmoril Gill.
There is a section 35 in place which bypasses local planning so this could be passed by Secretary of State! Any suggestions as to how this can be stopped? There are over 60 cup and ring stones in this area.

National Trust staff have found fossils in a dry stonewall in Staffordshire that date back 340 million years.

Wow another carnyx has been found!

A subject very close to The Citizen Cairn’s heart.... and therefore heartening to know there are people out there who feel the same, beyond the confines of TMA. Let’s make it clear: it is NOT ACCEPTABLE to vandalise our prehistoric heritage. Damage these cairns and you are a criminal, regardless of intent.

So why does it happen – why does it appear that so few give a damn, show any respect to the final resting places of our prehistoric ancestors? Sure, no one is being murdered, or physically assaulted. However, at a time when significant resources of the apparently ‘underfunded and overstretched’ police are devoted to appeasing the hurt feelings of those who somehow believe the universe is run by an invisible skygod – or those who choose to ignore the basic prerequisite of a civilised person to take responsibility for one’s own actions – why is it that so few people are seemingly bothered about the irrevocable loss of MY heritage? Why is it OK to attack my heritage with minimal chance of arrest?

I will not accept that. For what it’s worth, I will be watching and reporting for as long as I’m still physically able... and I urge others who care to do the same. People were here, in these Isles, long before the alien desert monotheisms.

Dress appropriately for summit conditions and ostracise those, imbued with a bovine herd mentality, who condone – by proxy – such criminal acts by cowering inside vandalised monuments. The time has come to be vocal about it. Show respect to those who came before, or keep the hell away from the mountains and hills! Ignorance is no longer a defence... the ignorant must be informed and held to account for their actions.

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The discovery of a series of huge Neolithic pits have been confirmed at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site after initial research a few years ago.

The massive pits at Durrington Walls in Wiltshire are set at regular intervals, ten metres in diameter and more than five metres deep.

Archaeologists are to resume digging at the Ness of Brodgar on Orkney after 3D radar technology discovered an “extraordinary” object which has yet to be identified.

The Scottish government has approved the introduction of an entry fee for the first time at one of the Western Isles’ most popular and ancient sites.

Amateur archaeologists have found evidence of what they believe was a “significant” Bronze Age monument from about 4,500 years ago on a farm in Greater Manchester.