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Excavations south of Gloucester find a rare Bronze Age waterhole with a timber structure

‘Exceptional’ and ‘significant’ only begin to describe the archaeology uncovered during Cotswold Archaeology’s recent excavations south of Gloucester.  Most Bronze Age (2400...
22/09/2026
photo of archaeologists work at Tregunnel.

New radiocarbon evidence redates Cornwall’s Neolithic

Radiocarbon dating of hazelnut shells from the excavations at Tregunnel Hill, Newquay, has revealed some of the earliest Neolithic remains ever identified...
12/03/2026

Ancient DNA confirms Late Roman ‘family’ grave at Cheddington, Bucks

Long-suspected familial relationships within a shared grave of Late Roman date at Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, have now been confirmed by ancient DNA (aDNA)...
23/08/2022

All in good time: radiocarbon dating

As archaeologists we are used to studying time and placing the archaeological material we excavate into its correct sequence. The identification of...
12/03/2021

Cannington Park Quarry Cave, Somerset – Re-examination of the human and animal remains

The site Cannington Park Quarry Cave (also known as Boulder Cave or South Quarry Cave) was located in c. 1962 (some notes...
08/03/2019