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At the edge of Roman London
Excavations in Southwark uncovered part of a large Roman cemetery, with over a hundred burials dating from the 2nd to early 5th century. Graves were laid out with care, some prone, some on chalk, others accompanied by pottery, glass and jewellery. One grave held a young man, a child and an infant buried together; another…
Read MoreBattersea, remade
A medieval manor house built for the Archbishop of York once occupied this stretch of the Thames, with towers, garderobes and decorated glass. By the 18th century, its site had been consumed by industry: sugar refining, distilling, chemical production, and, briefly, the Battersea enamelling works. Across the site, successive layers preserved evidence from each phase,…
Read MoreA temple, a name, and a fingerprint, ten years on…
At Tabard Square, Roman Londoners left their mark in more ways than one: A marble inscription names the people of London for the first time. A small pot of face cream still holds the fingerprint of the person who last used it. And part of a bronze statue, just a foot, hints at a much…
Read MoreUnravelling the Iron Age at Milton Keynes: Mark Hinman at UNAS 2026
Mark Hinman will be speaking this Sunday at the UNAS Spring Conference We’re pleased to share that Mark Hinman will be speaking this Sunday (22 March) at the Upper Nene Archaeological Society Spring Conference, held in Hackleton, Northamptonshire. Mark’s talk, “Cups, coins and cows: Unravelling the Late Iron Age at Milton Keynes East,” will explore…
Read MoreThree Celtic coins in a Roman ditch and what they might tell us
Three Celtic coins recovered together from a Roman ditch in Hertfordshire are raising some interesting questions about how Iron Age coinage continued to circulate into the early Roman period. They are copies of Gallo-Belgic C staters issued by the Ambiani of northern Gaul, dated to 100–60 BC. These coins are among the earliest gold coins…
Read MoreSunderland SSTC3 Published in Archaeologia Aeliana
We are pleased to announce the publication of our article, The History and Archaeology of the Wear Flint Glass Works, Trimdon Street, Sunderland (1853–1877) by John Shepherd, in Archaeologia Aeliana. The paper presents the results of archaeological investigations undertaken in advance of the Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor Phase 3 (SSTC3). PCA carried out a programme…
Read MoreShiver me timbers!
If you’ve seen the recent BBC coverage of the exposed timbers on the Dorset coast, you might have noticed a familiar logo. The PCA high-viz belongs to Phoebe Smyth, who works with us part-time while completing her degree at Bournemouth University. Phoebe was part of the team helping to record the historic ship timbers after…
Read MoreNew Findings from The Highway, Shadwell, to Be Presented at LAMAS Conference
Harry Platts will be returning to the LAMAS Conference on March 21 to present new findings from recent excavations along The Highway in Shadwell. Carried out in 2024 and 2025, the work represents the first stage of investigations around 200m west of earlier PCA sites at Tobacco Dock and the former Babe Ruth Restaurant, where…
Read MoreRare Palaeolithic Handaxe Recovered from Glacial Deposits in Suffolk
This heart-shaped axe, stained deep red, may already have been old long before being swept into Ice Age deposits around half a million years ago. It’s a heavily rolled Lower–Middle Palaeolithic biface, probably a handaxe, recovered close to the surface of the natural geology in Suffolk. It has the classic lenticular to cordiform form, with one…
Read MoreNorfolk Carnyx Discovery Draws Wide International Media Interest
The discovery of the Iron Age hoard in Norfolk, including the Norfolk carnyx, has attracted an exceptionally high level of media attention in the UK and internationally. Selected coverage is linked below, for anyone who’d like to read and watch more. In total, the discovery has been reported on more than 300 times across UK…
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