Antiquarian's Attic
"A Farrago of Antiquities routed out of the Rusts and Crusts and Fusts of Time!"
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Thetford Priory
The remains of The Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford The Cluniac Priory of Our Lady, Thetford, was first founded on the Suffolk side of the Little Ouse river…
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From Margins of Empire at Ely Museum 22 Jan – 26 Jun
This second-century AD skillet was found in Prickwillow, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire in1838. Copper-alloy decorated with copper and niello inlay and tin-plating.
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From Margins of Empire at Ely Museum 22 Jan – 26 Jun
This first-century Roman cavalry combat helmet was discovered at Witcham, Cambridgeshire. Tinned copper-alloy. On loan from the British Museum.
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Extramural Venta Icenorum
Venta Icenorum was the civitas-capital of the Iceni tribe, and the site of the remains of the Roman town is located about four miles south of Norwich, on the east…
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“The Marlow Warlord”
ANGLO-SAXON WARLORD FOUND BY DETECTORISTS COULD REDRAW MAP OF POST-ROMAN BRITAIN The burial, on a hilltop site near with commanding views over the surrounding Thames valley, must be of 6th century…
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A14 update and the Huntingdon bypass – discoveries
Anglo-Saxon settlement and Roman army camp found in A14 bypass dig It’s taken more than 700 years, but the medieval villagers of Houghton in Cambridgeshire have had the last…
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Late Iron Age Skull
Dog walker finds human skull A dog walker has come across an unexpected find whilst out in Somerset. Roger Evans found a ‘well-preserved’ human skull whilst walking along the banks…
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St John the Baptist Church in Reedham may be Roman fortlet
A Norfolk church may have begun life as a Roman fortlet protecting supplies on their way to Hadrian’s Wall. Trevor Heaton hears how ‘keyhole archaeology’ is solving the riddle of…
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Vindolanda boxing gloves
“Now, whoever has courage and a strong and collected spirit in his breast, let him come forward, lace on the gloves and put up his hands. (5.363-364) ― Virgil, The Aeneid Roman boxing…
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Bamburgh Castle find
Bamburgh dig uncovers unique find The continued archaeological investigation of Bamburgh Castle , once the palace site of the early medieval kings of Northumbria, has revealed a marvellous new find…
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