An 11th-century jaunt across Lough Corrib, Co. Galway, in a sleek logboat ended in disaster. A mishap cracked the hull open, forcing the crew to abandon both their boat and the Viking-style war axes stowed on board. Now survey of the Lough has revealed that this vessel was neither the first, nor the last to be swamped by its waters. Archaeologists are discovering a lost fleet of vessels \u201a ranging from Bronze Age logboats to Victorian pleasure craft \u201a preserved in its depths.<\/p>\n
Survey also yielded spectacular results on Solsbury Hill, where it virtually peeled back the turf to reveal a hillfort interior in startling clarity. The riot of features within betray the presence of a thriving settlement, but how are they to be interpreted, and what can they tell us about the hillfort’s role in the wider landscape?<\/p>\n
Excavation plans of Kingsmead Quarry, Horton, are on a scale normally associated with survey. Over a decade of excavation has laid bare almost 34 hectares of a palimpsest landscape. Among its field systems and farmsteads lay at least four Early Neolithic houses. These remarkable survivals are shedding new light on life within hem, right down to the sweepings of their house-proud inhabitants.<\/p>\n
On Iona, monastic table-scraps from around the time of St Columba have been on the archaeological menu. Typical high-status fodder such as venison shared kitchen space with a more local dish: seal. The monastery’s design, though, fed off more exotic archetypes. New research reveals how the brethren set out to build Jerusalem among Iona’s dark, panoramic hills.<\/p>\n
\nFEATURES\/n
\nON SOLSBURY HILL\/n
\nSeeing inside a hillfort
\nGeophysical surveys of a 20ha hilltop near Bath have given an intriguing perspective on the interior of this Iron Age structure.<\/p>\n
\nHORTON’S NEOLITHIC HOUSES\/n
\nExploring a prehistoric landscape at Kingsmead Quarry
\nOver 10 years of excavations have revealed extensive evidence of a prehistoric landscape outside Windsor, including a cluster of Neolithic houses, and a burial containing some of Britain’s earliest gold ornaments.<\/p>\n
\nIONA
\n\/n
\nExploring Scotland’s most sacred place
\n1,450 years after St Columba founded his monastery on Iona, a major research project has shed new light on a tiny settlement that became one of the most influential Christian centres in Medieval Europe.<\/p>\n
\nASPARAGUS IN THE ROMAN WORLD\/n
\nInvestigating Imperial eating habits
\nWhat did the Romans do for us? They introduced a number of delicacies that we now take for granted, including cherries, peaches, and asparagus. With asparagus season now underway, we explore how this crop flourished in Rome’s northern provinces.<\/p>\n
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\nNEWS\/n
\nThe die that struck Britain’s earliest coins?; Corieltauvi capital in Leicester; London’s Mesolithic moments; New dates for Vespasian’s Camp; Recently recorded Roman rarities.<\/p>\n
Special report
\nThe logboats in the lake<\/p>\n
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\nREGULARS\/n
\nFestival of British Archaeology
\nHighlights from this year’s nationwide celebration of all things archaeological.<\/p>\n
Reviews
\nThe Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary World; Masterpieces: Early Medieval Art; Roman Roads in North-West Wales<\/p>\n
Sherds
\nChris Catling’s irreverent take on heritage issues<\/p>\n
Interview
\nCA talks to Fiona Hyslop, Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, about the role of archaeology and archaeologists in modern Scotland, and her vision for its future.<\/p>\n
Odd Socs
\nThe Goodluck Mine Preservation Club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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