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Phil Harding standing in front of the trilithon at Stonehenge

Discovery led by Phil Harding reveals 5,000-year-old ‘prototype’ for Stonehenge solar alignment

Radiocarbon dated to around 5,000 years ago, the discovery reveals evidence for the earliest known alignment with the solstice in the Stonehenge landscape.
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Drone used by archaeologists to record well at Sheffield Castle

Archaeologists use drone to film inside medieval well at Sheffield Castle

Archaeologists from Wessex Archaeology, working alongside FlyThru, have surveyed a medieval well within the walls of Sheffield Castle.
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Archaeologist Ashley excavates remains of Sheffield Castle

Team excavating Sheffield Castle uncover drawbridge pier, moat, new evidence for castle interior and remains of possible earlier castle
Sheffiel's Castle: voices from the community dig and smiley faces and blue hi vis from the participants

Sheffield's Castle: voices from the community dig
Excavations at Sheffield castle heat up with 19th c steel working discovery. With their back to the camera, an archaeologist points at brick structures in the distance

Excavations at Sheffield Castle heat up with 19th Century steel working discoveries

Digging for Erlestoke- a community dig with a difference. Art of mesolithic flint next to microlith held by hand

Digging for Erlestoke – a community dig with a difference

Site visitors on the Sheffield Castle Excavations 2018.

Excavations to uncover Sheffield Castle begin - the birthplace of the city - and invite the public to discover the site
Bronze Age willow found in peatland at Aldermans Barrow Allotment Credit National Trust Steve Haywood

Peatland ‘time capsule’ reveals prehistoric woodland habitat and insects which still exist today
Multibeam geophysics image of a First World War Submarine Wreck

Historic England's First World War Submarine Wreck Project
Frames from the starboard side of the wreck, facing forward

Shipwrecks uncovered by winter storms
Dr Stuart Eve FSA MCIfA, Wessex Archaeology's incoming Chief Executive, standing in a garden

Dr Stuart Eve to join Wessex Archaeology as Chief Executive
Anglo-Saxon gold pendant with garnet centre

Anglo-Saxon cemetery discoveries made during excavations for Viking Link - the world’s longest land and subsea energy interconnector