Just as we go to press, we learn that government funding for the new Stonehenge Visitor Centre has been axed. As one of Britain’s top attractions, Stonehenge is very visible, both physically and symbolically. The message is clear: if Stonehenge can get the chop, nothing is sacred. This, however, conflicts with the public interest in heritage, demonstrated by the unprecedented level of donations to the Staffordshire Hoard campaign. What will we show the world in 2012 \u201a a cultureless country devoid of national spirit, or one that values and invests in its past?
\nThe Olympic visitors coming our way will not be the first influx of foreigners to grace Britain’s shores: we open this issue with a reassessment of an invading culture that greatly affected our islands’ history, followed by reports on Whithorn \u201a finally published \u201a and a rescue dig in York that produced unexpected results. The final feature is an inspiring story about an amateur society that challenged Margary \u201a and won.<\/p>\n
Features
\nRAIDERS AND TRADERS
\nNew research on the Vikings
\nRecent discoveries are causing a re-think of the Vikings and their place in our history.
\nWHITHORN PRIORY
\nBurials at the tomb of St Ninian
\nHistoric excavations at Scotland’s Cradle of Christianity have finally been published.
\nEXCAVATING ALL SAINT’S
\nA Medieval church rediscovered
\nExcavations have revealed the location of a ‘lost’ church as well as mysterious mass graves.
\nTHE ROMAN ARMY IN THE PENNINES
\nRe-routing a lost Roman Road
\nAmateur archaeologists have found evidence that re-draws the route of Margary 712.
\nNEWS
\nGladiator cemetery; Dartford Neanderthals; Grimes Graves Goddess returns; Dorchester’s new Roman sites; Chiswick House gardens; new Museum of London galleries open; Colchester’s UNESCO bid; East Oxford’s past.
\nREVIEWS
\nAD 410: the Year that Shook Rome; Excavations at Bowes and Lees Rigg; Visiting the Past: a guide to finding and understanding Britain’s past; Kentish sites and sites of Kent: a miscellany of four archaeological sites.
\nINTERVIEW
\nConservator Dana Goodburn-Brown explains her revolutionary approach to archaeology conservation, deep in the heart of a suburban shopping centre.
\nODD SOCS
\nSave our Parsonages and the Rectory Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this issue:
\n-Interview: Dana Goodburn-Brown
\n-Roman Army: Pennines
\n-Vikings: New Research
\n-Whithorn Priory, Scotland
\n-York: All Saint’s Church
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