• 75

    miles of road analysed and excavated in the last 5 years

  • 5000

    items available in our library

  • 15000

    burials excavated in the last 5 years

  • 325

    archives deposited with museums in the last 5 years

Project feed

Every week our teams of archaeologists are uncovering interesting finds across the country. Whether it is an artefact or an ecofact, each piece of evidence helps us build a more detailed picture of the past. 

Join us in an exciting journey of discovery.

Profile photo of Matt Edwards

Matt is digging in our East England region

 

A little birdy told me that - this is a little birdy. A (mostly) intact bird skull found near the bottom of my pit. It was within soil that had collapsed in, so it’s unlikely that it was discarded as rubbish.

A close up of an archaeologists gloved hands holding a bird skull
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Artefact
Portrait of Kat Blackbourne

Kat is digging in our East England region

 

This later Iron Age/Early Roman weaving comb was recovered from a pit. These combs are often found without their “teeth” intact, and their use in the weaving process still isn’t fully understood.

broken fragments of a bone weaving comb
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Artefact
Portrait of Lauren McIntyre

Lauren is digging in our North England region

 

A beautiful quarry tile floor was uncovered during excavations of an earlier church building in Hull.

An archaeologist excavates a medieval red and black tiled floor surface
An illustration drawing of a trowel
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