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Dr Adrian Popescu, Keeper of Coins and Medals at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge has confirmed spot dates...
Spot dates are in…..

Last week we unearthed 4 coins and spot dates have just arrived from our coin specialist.

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Gloucester Cathedral- ‘memento mori’ carved bone rosary bead unearthed during Project Pilgrim
Results are back for the ‘Janus faced’ late medieval ‘memento mori’ rosary bead

The bead is a carved bone pendant terminal from a rosary, a string of beads used in the recitation of a series of prayers within the Roman Catholic faith.

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5 Coins Unearthed

First results from our specialist are in!

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Archaeological Excavation - Gloucester Cathedral - adjacent to the South Porch is under way
Excavation under way adjacent to the South Porch

The cold weather has not deterred our hardy team of archaeologists!

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Gloucester Cathedral- ‘memento mori’ carved bone rosary bead unearthed during Project Pilgrim
Face or Skull?

A Janus faced late medieval 'memento mori' rosary bead has been unearthed…

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This ledgerstone was uncovered in land lying within a couple of metres of the existing cathedral wall
Late 17th Century Ledgerstone Uncovered Today

This ledgerstone was uncovered in land lying within a couple of metres of the existing cathedral wall and appears to commemorate the interment of three family members between the late 17th and early 18th centuries

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Andy Nettleton from our Milton Keynes Archaeology Team is pictured revealing a stunning wooden block
Stunning Wooden Artefact

Andy Nettleton from our Milton Keynes Team is pictured finding a stunning wooden block. Accompanied by the associated wooden pin and remnants of twine it appears to have been a pulley or shackle device.

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Archaeological Excavation - Romano-British farmstead Milton Keynes
Romano-British Farmstead, Milton Keynes

Catherine is shown investigating cobbles and, potentially, walls beneath a layer of pitched stones.

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Border Archaeology staff reveal a largely intact cow skeleton deposited within a Romano-British refuse pit
Cow Skeleton, Milton Keynes

Border Archaeology staff recently revealed a largely intact cow skeleton deposited within a Romano-British refuse pit at one of our Milton Keynes sites, excavated in advance of a housing development.

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Coarse Border Ware recovered near Wanborough in Surrey during a watching brief for South East Water
Coarse Border Ware

Coarse Border Ware recovered near Wanborough in Surrey during a watching brief for South East Water.

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the reinterment of three Roman cremation urns revealed
Roman Interment, Leintwardine

“Thank you for a special’ and moving service. It is incredibly important for us villagers…

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