Last summer, we ran a feature about the long-running excavation at Poulton, near Chester, which was then exploring a cemetery associated with a medieval farming community. Within the grave fills, however, the team found far older artefacts: hints of earlier occupation. Now they have revealed the remains of a completely unexpected Iron Age and Romano-British settlement, which is set to transform our understanding of the region during this period.
\n\/nA similarly unexpected find is the focus of our second feature. Archaeological work at Bath Abbey revealed quantities of decorative 17th-century plaster, and when one of the team happened to glance through a pub window while collecting lunch, he noticed an ornate ceiling bearing strikingly similar motifs. Can this lucky spot help reconstruct the Abbey’s once glorious interior?
\n\/nFurther painstaking piecing-together of minute details is taking place at Stonehenge, where cutting-edge techniques are helping to pin down the sources of the bluestones with ever-greater precision, by analysing their mineralogical make-up.
\n\/nAs for more modern constructions, we cover the archaeology of working-class housing: what can be added to written accounts of the poorest during the Industrial Revolution?
\n\/nOur final feature focuses on the Anglo-Saxon period. The appropriateness of this term as a historical descriptor has recently been the subject of heated debate. But what did the Anglo-Saxons call themselves?
\n\/nWe also have another special round-up of ways to explore ‘Heritage from Home’ – with a bonus page to highlight places that are welcoming visitors once more. We would love to hearyour experiences of visiting a newly reopened museum or site. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n– \tThe science of Stonehenge: tracing the origins of the bluestones
\n– \tA Jacobean jigsaw in Bath Abbey
\n– \tPoulton\u2019s unexpected Iron Age finds
\n– \tExploring identity in early medieval England
\n– \tDelving into the development of working-class dwellings
\n– \tHow to explore the past from your home<\/p>\n