As the sun has proven somewhat unreliable this summer, let\u2019s talk about the moon instead. Stonehenge is best known for its solar alignments, but was its design also influenced by a once-in-a-generation lunar phenomenon? This month\u2019s cover feature discusses an ongoing project that is documenting the effects of a Major Lunar Standstill in real time.<\/p>\n
Three articles then spotlight a trio of very different site visits from June and July (we also have a News Focus drawing on a recent trip to Sutton Hoo; if you would like CA to come to your dig, do get in touch \u2013 have notebook, will travel!). We begin near Boden in Cornwall, where a long-running community excavation is uncovering the remains of an Iron Age fogou \u2013 an enigmatic form of underground passage \u2013 as well as unusual Romano-British remains nearby. Our next destination is Hadrian\u2019s Wall, where we report on the final season of a four-year project that has been investigating the civilian settlement outside Birdoswald Roman fort. How has the story changed since our visit last year? Finally, we travel to Wessex Archaeology\u2019s excavation on the site of Sheffield Castle, where they have uncovered impressive medieval fortifications, as well as traces of the Steel City\u2019s influential industrial heritage.<\/p>\n
From the urban setting of the Sheffield finds, our next article discusses something more bucolic: orchards. A long-standing feature of historic landscapes, how have they evolved in England from the medieval period to the present day?<\/p>\n
Finally, we head to Anglesey in north Wales, to learn about the excavation of a Neolithic dolmen and the identification of a previously undocumented ceremonial landscape surrounding it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n– Rediscovering Sheffield castle: from stronghold to \u2018Steel City’
\n– Birdoswald and beyond: excavating a civilian settlement on Hadrian\u2019s Wall
\n– Investigating underground in Iron Age Cornwall
\n– Orchards in England: a fruitful wander through the agriculture of the past
\n– Illuminating Anglesea: echoes of a later prehistoric ritualised landscape<\/p>\n