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Early origins of Arthur’s Stone uncovered; Revealing a rich prehistoric landscape at Biddenham; Digging returns to the Ness of Brodgar; Three new Treasure finds in Wales; Roman origins revealed for statue of Alfred the Great; Science Notes; A ‘lost’ AngloSaxon monastery discovered in Berkshire; Finds Tray
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Rock legends: the earliest family photo from Stonehenge?
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Joe Flatman excavates the CA archive
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Cromwell’s mansion: Austin Friars, City of London
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Brickmaking: history and heritage; Belonging and Belongings: portable artefacts and identity in the civitas of the Iceni; The Viking Great Army and the Making of England; Cumbria’s Prehistoric Monuments; Mammoths and Neanderthals in the Thames Valley: excavations at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire; 50 Finds from Buckinghamshire: objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme
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John Pull: Worthing’s hero archaeologist at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery 60 HERITAGE FROM HOME
A selection of sites that have recently reopened, as well as plenty of historical, archaeological, and cultural resources from around the world that are still available online 64 SHERDS
Chris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues 66 ODD SOCS
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