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Phil Harding standing in front of the trilithon at Stonehenge

18.06.26

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.

Drone used by archaeologists to record well at Sheffield Castle

21.05.26

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.

11.02.23

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023

Captured underwater - Various ceramics including plates © Stefan Panis

09.02.23

Emigrant ship en route from London to New Zealand with exceptionally rare ceramics on board now protected

Dr Bob Clarke stands to the right of cold war concrete structure

24.01.23

My journey to a new perspective on archaeology

Reconstruction of medieval Coleshill hall and gatehouse

21.01.23

Excavations at Coleshill for HS2 reveal gatehouse may have come under fire during the Civil War

Two archaeologists looking at samples from Sheffield Castle that are placed on a bench in front of them.

10.01.23

Geoarchaeologists reveal more of Sheffield Castle’s underground secrets

Archaeologist works on the remains on a rare Elizabethan ship found at a quarry in Kent © Wessex Archaeology

30.12.22

Rare Elizabethan ship discovered at quarry 300 metres from the coast

Phil and Francis at the book launch in Waterstones, Salisbury

23.12.22

Joining the Dots: uniting Salisbury’s past through holes in the ground

Fragment from a scallop shell with a drilled hole suggesting it may have been hung and potentially used as an ornament like a necklace.

15.12.22

Somerset Discoveries: A303 Sparkford artefacts

River bed with stones and plants and trees on river bank in the distance

13.12.22

River life and landscapes: Angie's inspiration

18.11.22