Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered the foundations of an 800-year-old water mill in south-east London. The 12th Century water mill found at Greenwich Wharf is believed to be one of the earliest tide-powered mills to be found in the capital.
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The remains of a 1,500-year-old Saxon burial ground have been uncovered by two Sussex metal detector enthusiasts. Bob White and Cliff Smith unearthed brooches, a bronze bowl, a spear and a shield from the graves of a man and two women on farmland near Lewes …
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A team of 30 archaeologists has been studying debris at the site in Rushenden, on the Isle of Sheppey, to learn how the original settlers lived.
Archaeologists have found a carved sandstone fragment believed to be part of a medieval church in Ross-shire. Read more …
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“A group of archaeologists are trying to establish if Norsemen brought Christianity to Caithness before St Columba arrived on Iona … “
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This is another pre-medieval history post, but Stonehenge is a subject that fascinates me, and an architectural masterpiece that no doubt captured the medieval mind as it does the mind of man today.
This comes from the BBC News:
Archaeologists have pinpointed the construction of Stonehenge to 2300BC – a key step to discovering how and why the mysterious edifice was built.
The radiocarbon date is said to be the most accurate yet and means the ring’s original bluestones were put up 300 years later than previously thought.
The BBC Timewatch series will broadcast a television show documenting the dig this Saturday, September 27th. Did anyone see the program that came on the National Geographic channel a few weeks ago? A group of historians — along with the help of a special effects studio — reconstructed Stonehenge (as it would have looked thousands of years ago) entirely out of styrofoam.
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