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Rare Bronze Age “Button” Found with Usable Axes Deepens Mystery of Norfolk Hoard
A small metal object found beside two Bronze Age axes in Norfolk may look like a button, but archaeologists cannot yet say whether it ever fastened clothing. Its discovery raises a broader question: why were two usable axes deposited alongside such an unusual object around 3,000 years ago? Metal detectorists discovered the objects near Barton…
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A 4,000-Year-Old Burial Mound Became a Roman Sanctuary — Then Came the Medieval Gallows
A prehistoric burial mound in Suffolk was repeatedly drawn back into human activity over thousands of years, eventually becoming the center of a Roman sanctuary filled with ritual deposits before the surrounding landscape was associated with medieval executions. New research published in the journal Britannia traces the remarkable history of the site at Red Lodge,…
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Dog Walker Spots Green Glint in Forest Roots, Finds 3,400-Year-Old Bronze Age Axe Head
A Bronze Age axe head hidden for more than three millennia has been discovered in England’s Forest of Dean after a dog walker noticed an unusual green flash among the roots of a fallen tree. John Smith was walking his puppy through woodland near Brierley, Gloucestershire, when the dog ran off and began rooting around…
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A Late Roman Bone Box Unlike Any Other Emerges from a Grave in Roman Britain
For months, archaeologists working at Milestone Ground in Broadway kept one discovery out of the spotlight. Now revealed, the find stands out as one of the most unusual small objects recovered from Roman Britain in recent years: an intact, finely carved bone box with no known parallels. The artefact, dating to the late Roman period,…