Friday, 27 February 2009

'Oldest English words' identified

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Some of the oldest words in English have been identified, scientists say. Reading University researchers claim "I", "we"...
Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Heritage at Risk from Nighthawking

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New Survey Reveals Low Levels of Prosecution and Crime Reporting A national survey commissioned by English Heritage and supported by its cou...
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

University's medical hi-tech technology used on rare artefact

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A HI-TECH medical imaging technique is being used to help unlock the secrets of a priceless 1,000 year old artefact. The Fadden More Psalter...
Sunday, 8 February 2009

Saxon Cemetary discovered near Lewes

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Two men have spoken of "the find of a lifetime" when they uncovered a Saxon cemetery while metal detecting near Lewes. Bob White a...
Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Pair unearth Saxon burial remains

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The remains of a 1,500-year-old Saxon burial ground have been uncovered by two Sussex metal detector enthusiasts. Bob White and Cliff Smith ...
Saturday, 31 January 2009

Oxford study aims to trace Cornish roots

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A study which could prove that people in Cornwall and Devon can trace their roots to the Ancient Britons is being carried out in the two cou...
Thursday, 22 January 2009

Record archaelogical finds in Norfolk

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Record amounts of archaeological finds are being uncovered in Norfolk - at a greater rate than anywhere else in the whole of Great Britain -...
Thursday, 8 January 2009

Wearmouth Jarrow - Anglo-Saxon monastery

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BUSINESS people and celebrities will be joining forces with church leaders this year in a final push to have a NorthEast monastery declared ...
Friday, 12 December 2008

Fifth Century settlement located

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A Fifth Century Germanic settlement has been discovered on land set out for regeneration in Kent. A team of 30 archaeologists has been study...
Monday, 24 November 2008

MUSEUMS, METAL DETECTORISTS AND BRITAIN'S RICH ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE

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A stunning golden torc dating from the Iron Age, a hoard of over 3,600 Roman coins and a tiny Anglo Saxon roundel depicting the Hand of God ...
Monday, 17 November 2008

Roman settlement unearthed near Penrith

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A Roman settlement has been unearthed near Penrith by workman preparing the ground for a sewage pipe. The civilian vicus, which is thought t...
Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Anglo-Saxon Kent Electronic Database (ASKED)

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ASKED, the Anglo-Saxon Kent Electronic Database was built collaboratively by Stuart Brookes and Sue Harrington to facilitate our respective ...
Thursday, 2 October 2008

Ninth century tag discovered

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A SILVER Saxon clothes fastener found by a metal detector enthusiast near Dorchester has been declared as treasure. The hooked tag dating ba...
Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Ancient Saxons could hold up supermarket

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REMAINS of a Saxon settlement could hold up the construction of a budget supermarket on land at Kingsteignton. German supermarket chain Lidl...
Saturday, 20 September 2008

Off-road biking for ancient site

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A former landfill site which is also an Ancient Scheduled Monument could be turned into an off-road biking area. The site in Dane Valley Roa...

Animated Bayeux Tapestry

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This is a clever and amusing animation of the second part of the Bayeux Tapestry (from Harold’s coronation to his death in battle). The anim...
Sunday, 14 September 2008

Saxon graves found in Lakenheath

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Some 450 graves have been found in Lakenheath after a discovery during recent roadworks. The find of three Saxon graves has helped to define...
Monday, 8 September 2008

Saxon grave 'couple' may have been two men

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Archaeologists have unearthed the mysterious remains of what first appears to be a couple buried together arm in arm more than 1,000 years a...
Wednesday, 3 September 2008

The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Landscape and Economy (VASLE) Project

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In the last fifteen years the role of metal-detected objects in the study of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian England has greatly increase...
Thursday, 19 June 2008

Saxon bowl on show

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AN exciting archaeological find has been donated to Andover Museum. The bronze, Saxon hanging bowl was discovered near Kimpton by local meta...