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Excavating Leicestershire and Rutland
Continuing my tour of the East Midlands, I head south in this column into Leicestershire and neighbouring Rutland. Unlike most of my county-based surveys, I will work in reverse chronological order here, so that I can commence with the most famous archaeological ‘face’ of Leicestershire: that of Richard III.
To play the king
The discovery, excavation, and analysis of the monarch’s remains in Leicester between 2012 and 2015 was one of the most famous archaeological projects of recent times, drawing global attention to the city. Current Archaeology reported on the unfolding story in detail, with no fewer than three ‘cover’ features, in CA 272, CA 277, and CA 294 (November 2012,
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