Category: medieval
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Radcliffe Tower
Medieval past uncovered as new excavation begins at Radcliffe Tower WORK began this week to discover more about Radcliffe Hall and Tower’s medieval past. Radcliffe Tower The Close Park dig is being run by archaeologists from the University of Salford, who initially excavated the site in October 2013, and has so far attracted almost 100 volunteers. The team…
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Leiston Abbey and ‘Black Shuck”
Are these the remains of the legendary beast known as Black Shuck? Since the middle-ages, legend has spread of a fearful beast once said to stalk the region’s [East Anglia’s] countryside and coastline. Despite tales of a fiery-eyed monster showing up in graveyards, forests and roadsides – and an account of claw marks appearing…
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The Digitised Diseases website
Online in 3D: the ‘grotesque beauty’ of medieval Britons’ diseased bones Digitised Diseases site makes 1,600 specimens available for doctors and members of the public to study for free The bones of a young woman who died of syphilis more than 500 years ago, the reassembled jaw of a man whose corpse was sold…
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Inscribed stone found at West Down, Devon
Ancient Celtic stone unveiled in Barnstaple Museum A ‘CELTIC’ stone which is thought to be more than 1,200 years old has been unveiled in Barnstaple Museum. The stone, which bears the inscription of the name ‘Guerngen’ [GUERNGENI – of Gwerngen] is one of only two* that have been discovered in the whole of North Devon.…
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Cardiff Castle Mill Leat moat
Discovered castle treasure hopes to fill in history gap Archaeologists who unearthed artefacts dating back to the 16th century say the discovery will help to understand Cardiff’s history. The historic items including a tobacco pipe and sword sheath were found during the excavation of the Mill leat moat around Cardiff Castle. “The Mill Leat has…
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Norton Priory monk
The 21st century descendant of a medieval monk has come face to face with his ancestor thanks to researchers from Lancaster University. The skull of a man buried at Norton Priory in Cheshire was used in the facial reconstruction by forensic artists Richard Neave and Denise Smith, responsible for the reconstructions in the recent BBC…
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Medieval house discovery, Conwy
Workmen find remains of ancient medieval wall and house in Conwy SEWERAGE contractors have uncovered the remains of a medieval wall and house in Conwy. Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water’sWilliam Hughes had been working in the historic town’s Castle Street for several weeks. Now the contractors, alongside Gwynedd Archeological Trust (GAT) experts, have unearthed the cobbles from…
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Rediscovered medieval carved stone
Long-lost stone found in stream by archaeologists A LONG-LOST medieval stone has been rediscovered in a stream north west of Lampeter. The stone which dates back to the ninth or 10th century, was found just south-west of St Sulien’s Church, in the village of Silian. The church site is home to two further medieval inscribed…
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Dunwich
I have posted about Dunwich previously on The Attic, but now medieval Dunwich is back in the news and on the map. Archaeologists map lost medieval Suffolk town of Dunwich under the sea The streets, churches, market place and town walls of Dunwich, a major town in Suffolk which vanished into the North Sea centuries…
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A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales: Volume III: North Wales
The third volume of A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales has recently been published. This final volume focuses on the inscribed stones and stone sculpture of north Wales c. AD400-1150. The first two volumes were published in 2007 by University of Wales Press. Volume I by Mark Redknap and…
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