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Derbyshire

National park bosses fear 'irreparable damage' to Derbyshire stone circle


Fires have been lit in the centre of the 4,000-year-old Nine Ladies stone circle at Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire, and a tent found nearby.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-66669485
Posted 01 Sep 23ce  |  Comments (4)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Emain Macha (Henge)

Navan Fort: Dig sheds new light on home of the Kings of Ulster


Perched on a hill outside Armagh city is Emain Macha - or Navan Fort.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66514152
Posted 23 Aug 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Perth and Kinross

We are building an Iron Age village by hand


Nellie Wilson works part-time weaving together hazel branches to build the walls and roof of a replica Iron Age roundhouse.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66478550
Posted 19 Aug 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Worlebury (Hillfort)

Worlebury Camp hill fort to be built in Lego for exhibition Published 1 day ago


A museum is calling on Lego enthusiasts to build and pay for a replica of a historic Somerset hill fort.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66510009
Posted 18 Aug 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Anglesey (County)

Anglesey: Iron Age coins found declared treasure


A hoard of Iron Age gold coins have been discovered for the first time in Wales.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66471319
Posted 13 Aug 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Hillside Farm (Cist)

Isles of Scilly Iron Age warrior was probably a woman


A decades-long mystery over whether an Iron Age warrior who lived on the Isles of Scilly was a man or woman has been solved.

More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-66314179
Posted 28 Jul 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

The Shetland Isles

Bronze Age discovery made at Shetland spaceport site


Remains of what is believed could have been a Bronze Age ritual cremation cemetery have been found at Shetland's planned SaxaVord spaceport.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66259713
Posted 21 Jul 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Cambridgeshire

A428 dig: Possible Bronze Age finds unearthed in roadworks


Archaeologists have unearthed a loom weight believed to date to the Bronze Age during an excavation.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66225261
Posted 18 Jul 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Essex

Bronze Age gold torc discovered in field near Mistley


A section of a Bronze Age twisted gold torc has been found in a field by a metal detectorist.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-66189465
Posted 15 Jul 23ce  |  Comments (1)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Kent

Giant stone artefacts found on rare Ice Age site in Kent


Researchers in Kent have unearthed some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools ever found in Britain.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-66112136
Posted 07 Jul 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Bedfordshire

Discovery of up to 25 Mesolithic pits in Bedfordshire astounds archaeologists


Linmere site has more monumental pits in a single area than anywhere else in England and Wales

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/03/discovery-25-mesolithic-pits-bedfordshire-astounds-archaeologists
Posted 03 Jul 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Bavaria (Region)

Dazzling ancient bronze sword found in Germany


German archaeologists are thrilled to have dug up a Bronze Age sword more than 3,000 years old which is extraordinarily well preserved.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65936594
Posted 17 Jun 23ce  |  Comments (2)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Perth and Kinross

Iron age roundhouse rises from the ashes on shores of Scottish loch


Volunteers are helping to build a replica crannog on Loch Tay after an earlier model burned down two years ago.

More info : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/18/iron-age-roundhouse-rises-from-the-ashes-on-shores-of-scottish-lake
Posted 19 May 23ce  |  Comments (7)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Dumyat (Hillfort)

Archaeologists examine possible hilltop powerbase


The site overlooking Stirling may have been a political centre for a group of people known as the Maiatai.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4pn89wg4do
Posted 06 May 23ce  |  Comments (1)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Cademuir Hill (Hillfort)

Country diary: Iron age speed bumps to slow the enemy


About a hundred stones, sticking up, jagged and angular, pointing in different directions, earthfast still after more than 2,000 years.’

More info : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/12/country-diary-iron-age-speed-bumps-to-slow-the-enemy
Posted 14 Apr 23ce  |  Comments (10)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

The Shetland Isles

The iron age sites seeking world heritage status


Three iron age settlements in Shetland are in the running to win Unesco World Heritage status.

More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-65231943
Posted 10 Apr 23ce  |  Comments (2)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Lewis and Harris

Bronze Age finds returning to island home


A collection of Bronze Age finds are returning on loan to the island where they were found

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1rlyz5dk4o
Posted 21 Mar 23ce  |  Comments (5)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Must Farm Logboats

Must Farm: Replicas of 'Britain's Pompeii' finds created


Replicas of Bronze Age artefacts discovered at a site dubbed "Britain's Pompeii" have been created by experimental archaeologists.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-64890932
Posted 13 Mar 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Ness of Brodgar (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork)

Orkney Neolithic project to carry out final digs


An archaeology project is to make its final excavation of a 5,000-year-old Neolithic site in Orkney next year.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy05zdvv1zjo
Posted 09 Mar 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Highland (Mainland)

Bones under Highlands kitchen floor are Iron Age burial site


Skeletal remains of six men found under a kitchen floor in the Highlands have been revealed to date back to Scotland's Iron Age.

More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-64756840
Posted 25 Feb 23ce  |  Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink
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