As ever, there’s always something happening with Britain’s number one archaeological site, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to...

I recently posted a review of the Manchester Archaeology Day conference which was held at the University of Salford. One of the things I...

Introduction As with our earlier posts on the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, we are going to break down the Neolithic in Britain to more...

The Peel Building, University of Salford Saturday saw the 9th Manchester Archaeology Day – and this was an excellent chance to catch up...

It has been really busy of late, but we thought we’d share with you the fantastic time we had with the children of Class 5 at Taxal &...

For most people, archaeology is excavation. It’s what comes to mind when you ask them what they think archaeologists do. Well, as with...

Back in June we visited Anglesey with our children to see some of the archaeology of the island. Our weekend was packed full of...

This month could well be called ‘Celt month’ as a new exhibition, documentary series and book all aim to re-paint a picture of what we...

It’s about time we had more news from Staffordshire. So, first things first – over 50 skeletons have been found on the site of a medieval...

Well, while schools are getting settled in and universities are gearing up to the new academic year, here are a few items from the world...

As if this summer hadn’t given us enough to think about with the excavations we reported on at Marden, Avebury and Dorstone Hill in our...

Last week the BBC aired the latest documentary in the Horizon franchise – First Britons. Since then there has been a lot of to-ing and...

The busy summer of activity continues, and while some projects such as those at Dorstone, Marden and the Ardnamurchan Transitions Project...

This weekend saw me visit to 3 excavations of some importance in the story of our past. In terms of British prehistory the Neolithic is...

As promised Ian visited a number of excavations last week including Dorstone Hill – here’s his report. Hi everyone! Nice to be back after...

The summer of fantastic excavations on some of the most interesting sites from British Prehistory continues and now you can see some of...

Things are going nicely on top of Dorstone Hill. The second week of the excavation has revealed more of the structure and is looking...

Hello again! Now, as I blogged briefly the other day, a team from the University of Manchester led by our friend Prof Julian Thomas, has...

If you are a Key Stage 2 history teacher/co-ordinator, this summer sees some really important excavations on famous and less famous...

Well, it was good to get home after a weekend away in Anglesey and North Wales. We were so busy and saw so much I’m going to have to do...