Prehistoric Britain Archives - Page 6 of 11

Britain’s First Road – Stonehenge Avenue

Introduction Traditional archaeology has long struggled to explain the function of the Stonehenge Avenue. As a result, it has been

Introduction Durrington Walls has long been treated as a problem site. Despite decades of excavation, reinterpretation, and popular retelling, it

1. Introduction — Why This Debate Exists at All The problem with prehistoric archaeology is not a lack of data.It

Chapter 1: Why the Dyke Story Is About to Change For a very long time, Britain’s great dykes have been

1. Introduction — A New Breakthrough at Stonehenge For over a century, Stonehenge has been framed as a ceremonial arena—a

Introduction The a repeat episode of Digging for Britain (Season 11) turns its gaze to Caerfai Promontory Fort—also called Penpleidiau—a

Introduction Historians and archaeologists have the Romans pretty sown up when it comes to how and why the Empire did

Promotional Video – Ancient Prehistoric Canals (Dykes) – Wansdyke Chapter 1 – Dykes, Ditches and Earthworks The modern word dike

1. When Myth Meets Measurement “It’s like a memorial to Atlantis or Lyonesse: these are the stone buoys that mark

Introduction For more than a century, museums and textbooks have repeated the tale of a lush, palm-filled “tropical Britain” where