Uncovering luxury living and ‘ritual activity’ in Roman Oxfordshire Archaeological work in rural Oxfordshire has uncovered the remains of a winged corridor villa that was occupied for much of...
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/a-villa-unveiled.htm
Excavating around Salisbury Plain Last month I began a tour around the final county of the UK that I had yet to visit in these pages: Wiltshire. I began in the north and headed south as far as th...
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/opinion/excavating-the-ca-archives-wiltshire-ii.htm
This month’s cover feature takes us into rural Oxfordshire, where archaeological investigations ahead of the construction of a housing estate have uncovered the remains of a previously unknown ...
https://archaeology.co.uk/issues/current-archaeology-411.htm
I have now examined the archaeology of every county in Britain bar one – Wiltshire. This was no accident, for I have a confession to make: Wiltshire’s archaeology terrifies me. There is so mu...
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/opinion/excavating-the-ca-archives-wiltshire-i.htm
Exploring the archaeology of Smallhythe Place Smallhythe Place, a National Trust property in Kent, is home to a picturesque timber-framed house with enigmatic origins, while the surrounding lands...
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/romans-royal-ships-and-a-rural-retreat.htm
Today, Smallhythe Place in Kent is best known as a bohemian rural retreat once owned by the Victorian actress Ellen Terry and her daughter Edy Craig. As this month’s cover feature reveals, howe...
https://archaeology.co.uk/issues/current-archaeology-410.htm
Tracing the impact – and the experiences – of the Roman army in Britain A major new exhibition at the British Museum shows what life was like for the men, women, and children associated with ...
The county of Gloucestershire encompasses a wide variety of landscapes, from the mix of urban and traditional farming communities (now more often dormitory settlements) in the south, by way of th...
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/opinion/excavating-the-ca-archives-gloucestershire.htm
At its peak, the Roman army acted as a military, naval, and police force to about a quarter of the population of the Earth. Our cover feature explores its impact on the inhabitants of Britain –...
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/current-archaeology-409.htm
Our cover story features Warham Camp, a hillfort that is ‘normal for Norfolk’ (as a Norwich girl, I’m allowed to say that!) inasmuch as it is built on flat ground, but its ramparts and ditc...
https://archaeology.co.uk/issues/current-archaeology-408.htm