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Mary Rose archer
Since a 2007 post about the Mary Rose was last updated on The Attic in 2010, a new museum building has been opened to the public on 31 May 2013, in Portsmouth. It’s time to start a more up-to-date post: Mary Rose Welsh archer face reconstructed by Swansea experts Swansea University researchers have revealed how […]
Rediscovered medieval carved stone
Long-lost stone found in stream by archaeologists A LONG-LOST medieval stone has been rediscovered in a stream north west of Lampeter. The stone which dates back to the ninth or 10th century, was found just south-west of St Sulien’s Church, in the village of Silian. The church site is home to two further medieval inscribed […]
Bronze Age boat reconstruction
It didn’t sink! Full-size, sewn-together replica of a Bronze Age boat launched to trials success For the first time in almost 3000 years – a full size Bronze Age style sea-going boat has been launched in Britain. Slipping gracefully down a slipway today into Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, the 15m-long vessel was then paddled by its […]
Must Farm log boats
Eight bronze age boats surface at Fens creek in record find A fleet of eight prehistoric boats, including one almost nine metres long, has been discovered in a Cambridgeshire quarry on the outskirts of Peterborough. The vessels, all deliberately sunk more than 3,000 years ago, are the largest group of bronze age boats ever found […]
Dunwich
I have posted about Dunwich previously on The Attic, but now medieval Dunwich is back in the news and on the map. Archaeologists map lost medieval Suffolk town of Dunwich under the sea The streets, churches, market place and town walls of Dunwich, a major town in Suffolk which vanished into the North Sea centuries […]
The Witham Shield
Witham Shield, a masterpiece of British Iron Age art, on show in Lincoln Visitors to The Collection in Lincoln will have the chance to view the Witham Shield – a masterpiece of British Iron Age art and an icon of Lincolnshire archaeology – when it returns to the county for the first time in 150 […]
A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales: Volume III: North Wales
The third volume of A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales has recently been published. This final volume focuses on the inscribed stones and stone sculpture of north Wales c. AD400-1150. The first two volumes were published in 2007 by University of Wales Press. Volume I by Mark Redknap and […]
Roman gold jewellery, Cumbria
Gold Roman jewellery is found at Brougham near Penrith The golden treasure is thought to date from the second or third century AD A piece of gold Roman jewellery has been found at Brougham, near Penrith, and donated to the Penrith and Eden Museum. The artefact, thought to be a piece of bracelet or an [...]
Gokstand ship footprints
Dealing with the doldrums on a Viking voyage He’s crowded into a sleek sailing ship with 65 other men. Scarcely room to move. It’s been days since anybody has seen land – longer since anyone bathed. The old-timers’ repeated tales of bygone raids and voyages are beginning to wear thin. His place is behind an [...]
St George and the Dragon
Did 15th Century knight own this jewellery found near Carlisle? His startled-looking foe turns to face the impending death blow from England’s patron saint. Experts think these rare and exquisite figures of St George and the Dragon found in the Carlisle area last year may have adorned the clothing of a 15th-century knight. Stuart Noon, [...]
Kingsmead Quarry, Horton, nr. Windsor
Four-thousand year old gold-adorned skeleton found near Windsor Windsor may have been popular with royalty rather earlier than generally thought. Archaeologists, excavating near the Royal Borough, have discovered the 4400 year old gold-adorned skeleton of an upper class woman who was almost certainly a member of the local ruling elite. She is the earliest known [...]
‘the Pompeii of the North’, London
8,000 artefacts and rising: City dig pronounced the ‘most important ever’ in London Archaeologists have nicknamed the site ‘the Pompeii of the North’ When archaeologists were called to a site in the City of London where an ugly office block and a bar once stood, they were sceptical that it held any secrets. Yet six [...]
The “Painted Room”, Oxford
Oxford opens 16th century “Painted Room” to the public to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday To celebrate William Shakespeare’s 449th birthday, visitors to Oxford are being allowed a sneak peek into the room where the Bard stayed when travelling between London and Stratford-upon-Avon. A former tavern in the centre of Oxford will open its “Painted Room” for [...]
Silver locket, Kendal
Who is the mystery man in the locket found buried at Kendal? A LONG-lost family heirloom has been discovered during a dig at the former Kendal Auction Mart. The silver locket, potentially worth hundreds of pounds, was found by archaeologists buried two feet deep in the foundations of what was once an 18th Century cottage [...]
The Vyne Roman ring
The Hobbit ring that may have inspired Tolkien put on show In what was once the housekeeper’s office of a Tudor mansion in Hampshire, a very odd golden ring glitters on a revolving stand in a tall perspex column. In chapter five of The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins finds a ring in the gloom of Gollum’s [...]
North Yorkshire Viking Hoard
Viking Hoard found in Bedale Gold and silver hoard is a “significant and nationally important discovery” A gold sword pommel, a unique silver neck ring and a silver armlet are part of a significant Viking Hoard which has been found in Bedale, North Yorkshire. A total of 29 silver ingots, four other silver neck [...]
Pre-Viking and Viking textiles from Norway
These finds are so interesting that I am straying from British and Irish archaeology for this post:- Pre-Viking tunic found by glacier as warming aids archaeology A pre-Viking woollen tunic found beside a thawing glacier in south Norway shows how global warming is proving something of a boon for archaeology, scientists said on Thursday. The [...]
Escrick ring
Ring unearthed in York field may have been royal A SAPPHIRE ring found in a field south of York by a metal detecting enthusiast is probably much older than originally thought and may have been owned by royalty, according to group of experts convened to examine the object. Archaeologists say the Escrick Ring is [...]
Drumclay Crannog, Fermanagh
Crannog dig team gets one last reprieve One of Ireland’s richest archaeological digs has won another week-long reprieve – but that’s it. Roads Minister Danny Kennedy says there can’t be any more delays to work on the A32 Cherrymount Link Road near Enniskillen which has been held up by the treasure trove of historical [...]
Cirencester Roman Cockerel
Cirencester Roman cockerel ‘best find’ in 40 years A restored Roman cockerel figurine is the best result from a Cirencester dig in decades, archaeologists have said. The enamelled object, which dates back as far as 100 AD, was unearthed during a dig in 2011 at one of Britain’s earliest-known burial sites. It has now returned [...]