A metal detectorist has revealed his “quite extraordinary” discovery of a second Bronze Age hoard in the Scottish Borders.
Mariusz Stepien found his latest haul of 3,000-year-old treasure in 2022 at a spot seven miles from where he discovered the Peebles Hoard in 2020.
A metal detectorist found a gold ingot in a field in Leicestershire which could date back to the Bronze Age.
Steve McKnight – who has been scanning for objects in the ground for about 12 years – was taking part in an organised dig on 14 September 2025 in Market Bosworth when he struck gold.
A huge new archaeological dig is set to begin at one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites.
A Bronze Age artefact found by an eight-year-old boy during a day out in the Lake District is to go on display.
More magic from Lego and various places in Orkney.
A late Bronze Age button has been discovered with a hoard of axe heads in a find that is exciting experts.
A mathematician who used geometry to study a prehistoric burial chamber on Guernsey said he thought the monument could also have been used as an ancient calendar.
Archaeologists have uncovered a “beautifully made” Iron Age burial site containing the skeleton of a woman at a quarry in Sutherland.
The stone-lined pit may have lain undisturbed at Evelix for about 2,000 years.
“This is the best site I’ve ever seen in my entire life – it’s fantastic you see the huge ebb and flow of peoples from the Neolithic period onwards,” says archaeologist Richard Mortimer.
He is working on a vast excavation ahead of the building of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant, near Leiston, Suffolk, where a “princely burial” was uncovered.
Tucked behind a hedge, alongside a quiet bungalow’s driveway, sits one of the Isle of Man’s oldest structures, The Cloven Stones, a Neolithic tomb believed to be around 5,000 years old.
An archaeological dig is hoping to uncover more secrets from a farming enclosure older than Stonehenge, which was first spotted from the sky as crop marks in the 1970s.
Rare treasures found with a young Iron Age man buried in Alloa about 2,000 years ago are to go on show for the first time in a new exhibition.
Bronze Age artefacts found in an ancient burial mound in Leeds offer a “fascinating” insight into how people were laid to rest, experts say.
Cremated remains and fragments of an urn were among items found during archaeological investigations on a housing project at Pitty Close Farm in Drighlington.
The unsolved mystery of how the altar stone of Stonehenge arrived in Wiltshire could finally be partly explained by new research.
The monolith is believed to have originated in the Orcadian Basin of north-east Scotland, but how it ended up in Salisbury remained unknown.
Three Bronze Age arm rings have been discovered by metal detectorists at a site where a new electricity substation could be built, with archaeologists describing the find as “spectacular”.
A council has agreed to oppose plans for a wind farm in the Lammermuir Hills near to where three Iron Age hillforts once stood.
A “hugely significant” collection of Iron Age coins and miniature weapons that was found by a local detectorist is to appear in a museum.
A museum has successfully secured the £150,000 it needs in order to keep a 3,000-year-old dress fastener.
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery acquired the solid gold object after it was discovered in 2023 in Ellastone, Staffordshire, by a metal detectorist.
A council is being advised to oppose plans for a wind farm in the Lammermuir Hills due to concerns over its impact on the area where three Iron Age hillforts once stood.
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.
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.
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.
National Trust staff have found fossils in a dry stonewall in Staffordshire that date back 340 million years.
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.
A city’s museum has received £250,000 of National Lottery funding to celebrate Bronze Age archaeology uncovered 10 years ago.
A reconstruction of a Bronze Age coracle has been completed 50 years after the prehistoric boat was discovered buried in Fife.
Archaeologists say a hilltop settlement near Perth thrived during the Iron Age before mysteriously fading away.
A plan to recreate an Iron Age broch in Caithness has moved a step forward after the scheme was granted planning permission.
Lead ingots dating back almost 3,000 years have been found with several broken-up bronze tools in a discovery which has excited experts.
Initial conservation work has revealed “exceptionally rare” silver-coloured items in a hoard of Bronze Age artefacts unearthed by a metal detectorist in the Borders.
A Highland museum has proposed building a replica Iron Age roundhouse.
The homes, which had circular stone walls and turf roofs, were once found across Scotland during the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.
An Iron age brooch made just before the Roman invasion was designed to be eye-catching, showing off the importance of its owner, says an expert.
Archaeologists say they have uncovered a precious hoard of bronze ornaments that were buried for safekeeping almost 3,000 years ago.
A Bronze Age hoard discovered on land that was due to be turned into football pitches will go on display for the first time next year.
A team of archaeologists have discovered a “high status” Bronze Age burial site in a quarry in the Yorkshire Dales.
Volunteers have come together to begin work to rebuild a replica of an ancient roundhouse destroyed in a suspected arson attack.
The thatched Iron Age-era copy was almost completely destroyed in the blaze at Peterborough’s Flag Fen Archaeology Park on 13 July.