It has been a particularly busy few weeks at CA, with visits to Nottingham and Carlisle and, of course, our annual conference – huge thanks to everyone who came along, but, if you missed out, we have the results of the 2026 CA Awards!

This month’s cover feature takes us to Broughton Lodge in Nottinghamshire, where one of the county’s richest and most unusual Anglo Saxon cemeteries, home to an exceptional number of multiple burials, was uncovered during a pioneering community project in the 1960s. Why had so many people died over a short period in the 6th century? Subsequent scientific analysis may hold the answer.

We next examine a trio of stunning silver hoards from late Roman and early medieval Scotland. What can their contents, together with other finds from across Britain and Scandinavia, tell us about how this metal was used and viewed during a period of great cultural change?

From shining silver, we then turn to traces of leather preserved on some of Britain’s earliest church doors, which tradition holds represent the skins of ill fated Danish raiders. How did these associations, now proven to be myth, arise, and what else can these rare survivals tell us?

Finally, we venture into the Cambridgeshire countryside, where development-led excavations have uncovered an extensive, affluent Roman farming landscape, possibly part of a villa estate.

CARLY