An archaeological dig in a field near Mont Cochon, Jersey, has provided insight into life in the island more than 2,000 years ago.
More info :
Latest News
August 30, 2024
August 28, 2024
Jewellery worn by a Scottish woman of wealth during the Bronze Age is going on show for the first time in 4,000 years.
More info : bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8x4ze92xwo
August 26, 2024
A camera that belonged to a US serviceman during World War Two has been used to record an archaeological excavation in Fife.
More info : bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn02xde4yeeo
August 19, 2024
Archaeologists have unearthed a “stunning” Bronze Age burial chamber on one of Dartmoor’s most isolated hills.
More info :
August 17, 2024
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy5ppxgg5wo
It’s a shame it’s ended, but what fantastic information has been gained from this incredible site. We visited it a few years ago whilst a dig was in progress and enjoyed a really informative tour. I assume there will be an interesting book in the near future. Can’t wait.
August 14, 2024
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c207lqdn755o
Absolutely incredible. It adds fuel to the theory of Orkney being such an important place in prehistoric Britain.
August 1, 2024
July 28, 2024
A farmer in Co Westmeath has said he thought 4,000-year-old Early Bronze Age axeheads found in his field were old horse ploughs, or scrap.
Thomas Dunne said the discovery was made after a piece of machinery fell off during silage cutting on his field in Coralstown.
The National Museum of Ireland issued an appeal earlier this month, after the axeheads were sent anonymously to the museum at the end of June.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Today with Philip Boucher Hayes, Mr Dunne said: “We were cutting silage in a field when I felt a piece of steel come off the mower.
“We were afraid it would go into something else, so we got a man with metal detector to go and look for it.
“He found these under a row of beech trees. “We thought they were just bits of old horse ploughs or scrap. We could have thrown them back into the ditch the very same!”
July 19, 2024
An Iron Age hillfort in south Shropshire was six times larger than originally thought, archaeologists have discovered.
More info :
July 14, 2024
Volunteers who helped make two Bronze Age-style log boats by hand will discover whether they float during a celebration event.
More info :
Two axe-heads, which are believed to be more than 4,000 years old, have been sent to the National Museum of Ireland by an anonymous letter writer.
More info :
From the BBC website, story by Andrew Dawkins;
Archaeologists excavating the area around an historic stone formation believe a man-made ring of stones, known as a stone circle, may have been found at the site.
Arthur’s Stone in Dorstone, Herefordshire, is said to mark the spot where King Arthur slew a giant.
Professor of archaeology at The University of Manchester Julian Thomas said a survey had shown up a circle about 20m (65.6ft) across that seemed to “not be of natural origin”.
....
Prof Thomas said when work started at Arthur’s Stone, a trench was opened up “the other side of the hedge from the monument”.
He added: “[We] found that there are further prehistoric features there, so we’ve got an avenue which starts out as an avenue of timbers and is replaced by an avenue of stones.
“[This] runs down the hill from the monument itself and as a response to that, we conducted further surveys.”
Prof Thomas said one thing it showed up was a circle, which “looks like it’s perhaps a barrow or a timber circle or a stone circle”.
But it was “certainly something made by human beings” and about half of that was now being opened up, with a stone circle thought to be the most likely outcome.
Full story at bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqeyv5qnyeo.amp
July 13, 2024
The National Museum of Ireland has issued an appeal after 4,000-year-old Early Bronze Age axeheads were sent anonymously to the museum at the end of June.
The sender had fashioned packaging from a cardboard box of Flahavans Flapjacks with foam inserts inside cut to the exact size of the axeheads, each one smaller than the palm of a person’s hand.
They were accompanied by a letter stating they were discovered in the Westmeath area using a metal detector.
The museum has dated the axeheads to around 2150-2000 BC.
The sender said they wished for the axeheads to be conserved by the Museum but did not provide any contact details or further specifics.
The museum said the axeheads were “thoughtfully packed in foam cut-outs and cardboard, ensuring their safe arrival.”
More: rte.ie/news/2024/0713/1459683-national-museum-axeheads/
From the National Museum:
museum.ie/en-IE/News/Appeal-for-information-about-Bronze-Age-Axeheads-F
July 6, 2024
It would appear – as at Summer 2024 – that the great chamber is not available to view internally except upon special ‘guided tour events’ – check out this page for details:
cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/barclodiad-y-gawres-chambered-tomb#opening-times
June 29, 2024
Two stones on a monument on Dartmoor have been restored to their original upright position, national park bosses have said.
Archaeologists, landowners and volunteers worked together to re-stand the stones forming part of a double stone row at Piles Hill, Dartmoor National Park Authority said.
June 28, 2024
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cye0ne86z20o
The sad thing is that this didn’t surprise me one bit. In fact, it’s quite tame behaviour compared with what has become ‘the norm’ in the Lake District post-covid.
June 26, 2024
The final season of excavations at a famous archaeological site in Orkney is under way.
More info :
June 20, 2024
June 19, 2024
The death has taken place of Jack Roberts, a name synonymous with some of the most important archaeoastronomical discoveries at Irish megalithic monuments in the modern era.
Jack passed away after a short illness today. He lived at Gort, Co. Galway.
More: mythicalireland.com/blogs/news/death-of-author-and-archaeoastronomy-discoverer-jack-roberts
May 30, 2024
Hobbyist archaeologists identify thousands of ancient sites in England
Bronze age burial mounds, Roman roads and deserted medieval villages are among almost 13,000 previously-unknown ancient sites and monuments that have been discovered by members of the public in recent months, it will be announced this week.
May 14, 2024
Dartmoor National Park Authority is to spend £90,000 excavating what experts believe is a Bronze Age burial chamber.
More info :
May 10, 2024
The remains of a wooden well dating back to the Bronze Age have been discovered during works to build a new road.
More info :
May 9, 2024
Curators are “devastated” after gold objects dating back 3,000 years to the Bronze Age were stolen from a museum.
More info : bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckmjpep7x6go
May 3, 2024
Dig Alderney are set to begin excavations at the western end of Longis Common next month.
More info : bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-68923495
April 17, 2024
High on a limestone cliff in the north west Highlands are caves that have fascinated visitors to the area for at least 135 years.
More info :