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• Excavating the CA Archive – Palaeolithic Norfolk and Suffolk

  07-10-2025 19:14 via archaeology.co.uk
  In the previous few columns I have explored some of the great towns of Roman Britain – so, as a change of pace, here I will begin a new mini-series on the country’s great prehistoric sites. I will commence this month with a series of locations in Norfolk and Suffolk where there is evidence for Palaeolithic activity, some dating back to the Lower Palaeolithic (c.3.3 million-300,000 years ago), others spanning the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic (c.300,000-50,000 and c.50,000-12,000 year
  
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• A battlefield hit by HS2 – and planning rules | Letter

  07-10-2025 18:41
  Permitted development regulations allowed the contractor to strip topsoil and damage potential archaeology, writes Simon MarshIt isn’t just the countryside and its residents that are suffering due to HS2 (‘It’s been beyond difficult’: earthworks of HS2 take toll on Chilterns residents, 2 October). The high-speed rail contractor has recently done considerable damage to potential archaeology on the nationally important registered battlefield at Edgcote, a Wars of the Roses
  
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• The people of St Peter’s

  07-10-2025 17:30 via archaeology.co.uk
  Encountering a community from 19th-century BlackburnHeadland Archaeology’s excavation of the remains of St Peter’s, Blackburn, and its burial ground revealed a wealth of information about people buried there in the 19th century. IMAGE: Headland Archaeology
  On 30 September 1820, the cornerstone for a new Anglican church was laid in Blackburn town centre. Consecrated the following year, St Peter’s had been built to help accommodate the Lancashire town’s rapidly growing popu
  
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• New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

  07-10-2025 11:00
  Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to ItalyA New Orleans couple clearing away undergrowth in their home’s yard unearthed a grave marker, setting off a quest for answers about how the roughly 1,900-year-old relic ended up there – and an effort to repatriate it to Italy.The remarkable discovery was the work of Tulane University anthropologist Daniella Santoro and her husband, Aaron Lorenz, according to a report published o
  
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