Description
In this issue:
– BANNOCKBURN: Scotland’s seminal battlefield rediscovered
– THE ROUND-HOUSES OF ROMAN LONDON: Early Londinium recast
– DWELLING IN THE PAST: Rediscovering the historic houses of Snowdonia
– REVISITING THE TEMPLE: The Mithras project
– RICHARD III: The final chapter
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Sherds, Odd Socs, and more!
From the Editor:
What was life like in Londinium when the first Romans arrived? In the shadows of St Paul’s Cathedral, at the site of 10 Gresham Street, archaeologists have revealed London’s largest-known cluster of indigenous round-houses. They date from the Roman city’s very earliest years. Read our feature to discover how this dynamic site is shedding new light on interactions between the local population and the Mediterranean migrants.
From Roman-era houses, we then leap forward in time to explore the still-standing historic houses of Snowdonia, Wales. Chris Catling explains how a community project has been seeking to understand more about the region’s medieval timber houses. Tree ring analysis has been a fundamental strand of this project, demonstrating how some Welsh houses were forerunners of innovative building styles originally assumed to have rippled out from London and the south-east.
Moving up to Scotland, the AD 1314 Battle of Bannockburn marked a watershed in the Scottish Wars of Independence, a David and Goliath battle in which Robert the Bruce struck a crushing blow against the authority of Edward II. Over time, its precise location was lost. To mark the 700th anniversary, a team set out to find it once more.
We close with Richard III. With the king now reburied in Leicester Cathedral, CA joins the Greyfriars research team, the Guardian’s Maev Kennedy, and Leicester University’s Prof. Lin Foxhall for the inside story, and latest findings, from the remarkable project that found him.
Good reading!
Nadia Durrani
Cover Date: Jun-2015, Volume 26 Issue 3