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Below Dug into beach shingle, the graves held relatively well preserved human remains contained in wooden coffins. The bones of nine individuals were recovered during the recent excavation.

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Exercise Magwitch and the prisoners of Rat Island

Popular legend has long told of the presence of graves on an island in Portsmouth Harbour, holding the remains of convicted criminals or Napoleonic-era prisoners of war. In the wake of severe storms that exposed human remains below the cliff, would archaeological investigation confirm the tale? Richard Osgood reports.

Left In March, volunteers gathered at the Stonehenge Visitor Centre to take part in an archaeological experiment to explore how the celebrated monument’s monoliths might have been moved.

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Like a rolling stone: experimental archaeology at Stonehenge

Was the communal effort of constructing Stonehenge as important to its builders as the finished monument’s purpose? And what was it like to move one of its mighty monoliths? CA spoke to Susan Greaney, Julian Richards, and Luke Winter – and travelled to the Stonehenge Visitor Centre for some hands-on experience.