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David Connolly
from Historical London
October 9, 2023 7:23 AM
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Built in 1697 as a grand country house, 195 Mare Street is one of Hackney's oldest buildings. Home to the Elizabeth Fry Refuge from 1860-1913, the house housed thousands of young women recently released from prison.
Via Ursula O'Reilly Traynor
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David Connolly
June 27, 2017 9:41 AM
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Alaska Hydro Corp. has awarded a contract to Rescan Tahltan Environmental Consultants Ltd. to perform an archaeological overview assessment of the sites for the More Creek hydro and Forrest Kerr Diversion projects.
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David Connolly
June 17, 2017 6:24 PM
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Way back in another time and another website the Canterbury Archaeological Trust posted this ‘Mystery Find No 2’. At that time several suggestions were made for the function of these objects, some …
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David Connolly
January 30, 2017 3:26 PM
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Researchers have found that humans have had a long history of consuming alcohol - with the earliest proof of an alcoholic beverage dating back to Northern China 9,000 years ago.
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David Connolly
January 30, 2017 3:24 PM
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Amesbury is the oldest settlement in Britain and has been continually occupied since 8820 BC, say archaeologists investigating bull bones and pink flints.
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David Connolly
January 23, 2017 3:59 AM
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The German bomber at the centre of the RAF Museum's delicate, frequently-thwarted underwater excavation has been raised with its wings and engines intact off the coast of Kent.
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David Connolly
January 23, 2017 3:58 AM
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Work does not stop when excavations are covered over for the winter. The all important post-excavation work continues. Postgraduates and undergraduates studying at the University of the Highlands …
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David Connolly
October 29, 2015 6:49 AM
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The first archaeological excavation at the Iron Age fort of Dun Deardail in Glen Nevis has taken place.
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David Connolly
September 7, 2015 10:37 AM
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Durrington Walls is one of the largest known henge monuments measuring 500m in diameter and thought to have been built around 4,500 years ago. Measuring more than 1.5 kilometres in circumference, i...
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David Connolly
August 31, 2015 1:54 PM
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Today, the volunteers washed and bagged a small group of fragments from an sgraffito-decorated pottery vessel. As the pottery from the site is being processed, it has not yet been studied by...
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David Connolly
July 23, 2015 6:25 AM
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Earliest-known example of plant cultivation in the Levant is 11,000 years before agriculture practices took hold.…
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David Connolly
July 8, 2015 3:03 PM
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The world-famous bridge is Scotland’s sixth World Heritage site, joining Edinburgh Old and New Towns, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, New Lanark, the Antonine Wall and St Kilda.
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David Connolly
June 24, 2015 2:36 PM
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The fingerprint of a Neolithic potter was discovered on the surface of a funnel beaker when examined closely by the Danish National Museum.…
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David Connolly
August 1, 2017 8:17 AM
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David Connolly
June 22, 2017 5:47 AM
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On 20 April 2017, an Edward I long cross silver penny was found during the excavation of the former site of the Cock, a 19th-century public house, just off Hollis Croft, Sheffield. The penny is rem…
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David Connolly
January 30, 2017 3:29 PM
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Archaeologists have discovered more than 25 skeletons in the centre of the Cambridge University campus, and expect to discover dozens or more in the coming weeks.
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David Connolly
January 30, 2017 3:25 PM
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Artefacts from the Swash Channel Wreck, the ornately carved Dutch merchantman hailed as the most important UK shipwreck discovery since the Mary Rose, are on display at Poole Museum.
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David Connolly
January 23, 2017 4:36 AM
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We are not alone in raising concerns over the Stonehenge tunnel proposal announced by the government. ( Ministers launched a public consultation for the plans for the 2.9 km dual carriageway tunnel…
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David Connolly
January 23, 2017 3:59 AM
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The teeth, toenails, turtle shells, whale bones and Maori war clubs among the Museum of London's five million archaeological finds are pronounced the finest in the world.
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David Connolly
June 2, 2016 1:26 PM
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A Forestry Commission Scotland learning resource which helps pupils discover the mysterious Picts has been shortlisted for a prestigious UK archaeological award. The British Archaeology Awards show…
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David Connolly
October 1, 2015 4:26 PM
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David Connolly
August 31, 2015 3:50 PM
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In 2013 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage (now Historic England) to revisit the wreck site and update the survey. We worked closely with the local divers who had found the sit...
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David Connolly
August 5, 2015 9:12 AM
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Today, CITiZAN is calling for an army of volunteers to help survey and monitor these nationally-important but vulnerable archaeological sites before they disappear. One of the largest community arc...
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David Connolly
July 14, 2015 12:48 PM
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The Yoredale offices of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) in Bainbridge are playing host to the exhibition – called ‘The Hills Afford Great Store of Lead’ – until September 25. Th...
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David Connolly
June 29, 2015 9:55 AM
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For all information on the Roman Circus Centre and Café, please go to the new web-site at www.romancircus.co.uk/ . Source: Colchester Archaeology Trust
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