Archaeology

Archaeologists working at Euston, revealed the lives of the people buried there including the remains of Captain Matthew Flinders.  The Royal Navy explorer led the first circumnavigation of Australia and is credited with giving the country its name.

Before HS2, Birmingham’s 19th Century Curzon Street was one of the world’s oldest railway stations, home to the world’s oldest railway roundhouse designed by Robert Stephenson in 1837. The limited later development of the site means that the remains of the roundhouse were exceptionally well preserved.

Excavations at Coleshill in Warwickshire have revealed one of the best-preserved late 16th century gardens ever discovered in this country. The detailed investigations also revealed evidence of an early Civil War skirmish with pistol and musket ball marks on the gatehouse of the Manor.

During excavation work in Stoke Mandeville, our archaeologists have found the remains of a Norman church with some other unusual discoveries. A wealth of incredible finds have been unearthed, including a set of incredibly rare Roman statues. 

At Wendover, Buckinghamshire, archaeologists investigated an Anglo-Saxon burial site  of national significance. Almost three–quarters of the graves contained high quality grave goods, suggesting the site was the final resting place of a wealthy Anglo-Saxon community. 

The site, known as Blackgrounds after the black soil found there, began in the Iron Age with a village of over 30 roundhouses. Evidence from the excavations shows that the settlement expanded becoming a prosperous trading town during the Roman period, with new stone buildings and new roads emerging. 

Working in West London, archaeologists uncovered a fascinating rare set of Iron Age potins, an early version of coinage dating back to the 1st century BC.  Due to the significance of this discovery – over 300 potins – they were recognised as ‘treasure’ under the Treasure Act. 

Archaeological works in Buckinghamshire, have revealed a wealth of evidence of human activity dating from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. Archaeologists uncovered a large circular monument of wooden posts 65 metres in diameter with features aligned with the Winter Solstice, similar to Stonehenge.