The spectacular scenery adorning this month\u2019s cover features a Highland site known as \u2018Calan\u2019s Bothy\u2019 \u2013 once home to an illicit whisky still. What has recent fieldwork revealed about this industry in 18th- and 19th-century Scotland?<\/p>\n
From stunning views to a royal loo, our next feature reveals how the discovery of an early medieval latrine at Bosham in West Sussex held the key to identifying an important power centre associated with Harold II. What can this location, and the wider project that explored it, add to our understanding of Anglo-Saxon \u2018lordly centres\u2019?<\/p>\n
We then travel to Crickley Hill in Gloucestershire, another site enjoying gorgeous surroundings and important archaeological remains, this time an Iron Age hillfort and enigmatic Neolithic monuments. Archaeological investigations explored these features for 25 years, and post-excavation analysis is still ongoing; we examine the latest revelations from this work. With apologies for cycling between scenery and sanitation, we next take a tour of innovative architecture prompted by a Victorian public health crisis. I would like to highlight that, with this article, Chris Catling has become our most prolific feature contributor, having written for every issue since his article about the archaeology of beavers in CA 210. By his reckoning, he has produced over 1.3 million words for CA \u2013 an amazing achievement, and hugely appreciated.<\/p>\n
And now for something completely different: we conclude with thoughtprovoking analysis of wear patterns preserved on many of the flint tools that have been excavated at Star Carr in North Yorkshire. What can these markings reveal about how the objects were used, and how Mesolithic communities organised their sites and structures?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n– From Bayeux to Bosham: tracing \u2018lordly sites\u2019 in medieval England
\n– Mesolithic microwear: interpreting ancient activities at Star Carr
\n– A monumental undertaking: rethinking Crickley Hill\u2019s mysterious mound
\n– Turning on the waterworks: navigating the industrial architecture of the Victorian sanitary crisis<\/p>\n