Hadrian’s Wall Quiz
Hadrian’s Wall stretches for 80 Roman miles from coast to coast. How many modern miles does this equate to?
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Funding awarded to National Trust for new scientific technology
The funding will enable the conservation charity to upgrade and expand scientific and archaeological research on its historic sites and collections.
History of Indian indenture in the British Caribbean explored in museum display
‘Indo + Caribbean: The creation of a culture’ is free and will run until 19 November as part of the museum’s ‘London, Sugar, and Slavery’ gallery.
Oldest 3D map in Europe unearthed
‘The Saint-Bélec Slab highlights the cartographic knowledge of past societies that we tend to underestimate in the era of the GPS.’
Rabbits dig up prehistoric finds on Welsh island
Evidence of Late Mesolithic and Bronze activity has been discovered on a Welsh island.
Medieval ‘snail-man’ mount found in Yorkshire
The British Museum reports that the snail-man mount could have been the medieval equivalent of a modern-day ‘meme’.
Dig finds 6,000-year-old salt production site in Yorkshire
The discovery includes a trench containing three hearths and hundreds of pottery fragments, as well as stone tools and a storage pit – all evidence of salt production.
Q&A with site supervisor Murray Cook
Always be willing to ask questions, no one ever gets it right first time and no one minds, we all did our first dig once!