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Dartmoor

Bronze Age burial chamber to be excavated


Dartmoor National Park Authority is to spend £90,000 excavating what experts believe is a Bronze Age burial chamber.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clm33klz12ko
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
14th May 2024ce

Oxfordshire

Wooden well from Bronze Age excavated


The remains of a wooden well dating back to the Bronze Age have been discovered during works to build a new road.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd13pgzd004o
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
10th May 2024ce

Cambridgeshire

Bronze Age gold stolen during museum break-in


Curators are "devastated" after gold objects dating back 3,000 years to the Bronze Age were stolen from a museum.

More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckmjpep7x6go
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
9th May 2024ce

Alderney

Excavation set to get under way at Iron Age site


Dig Alderney are set to begin excavations at the western end of Longis Common next month.

More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-68923495
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
3rd May 2024ce

Creag Nan Uamh (Cave / Rock Shelter)

Inside Scotland's ancient Bone Caves


High on a limestone cliff in the north west Highlands are caves that have fascinated visitors to the area for at least 135 years.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqvng3z9pqqo
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
17th April 2024ce

Stonehenge (Circle henge)

Stonehenge research explores possible Moon connection


Researchers are investigating whether Stonehenge aligns with the positions of the Moon, as well as the Sun.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80zexkvenko
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
16th April 2024ce

Arthur's Stone (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech)

Arthur's Stone featured on one of four new murals in Hereford


https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24163793.herefords-new-murals-take-shape/
MelMel Posted by MelMel
16th April 2024ce

Scotland (Country)

Modernising the hunt for Scotland's buried treasure


Apps and new technology could modernise the search for buried treasure in Scotland, experts say.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72pn70p595o
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
15th April 2024ce

Perth and Kinross

Crannog Centre rises from the ashes three years after fire


Rich Hiden's voice was shaking as he spoke to BBC Radio Scotland in June 2021.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-68661012
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
2nd April 2024ce

Must Farm Logboats

Bronze Age 'recycling bin' found at quarry site


The discovery of a 3,000-year-old "recycling bin" used to collect broken objects shows that people from that era were "not very different to us", an expert said.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c13d5yl6kj4o
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
30th March 2024ce
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