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Navigating Navan Fort – the ancient ‘capital’ of Ulster
Navan Fort – or Emain Macha in Old Irish – has been described as ‘one of Europe’s most iconic monumental complexes’. It’s not in Navan and it’s not a fort, so what do we know […]
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Sunken realms – the lost lands of Wales
There are legends of flooded lands around the coast of Britain, and no more so than in Wales. These lands were inundated by the sea, through gradual sea level rise or during catastrophic events. This […]
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imedia: Merlin’s Mound and Silbury Hill
The county of Wiltshire in southern England hosts the two tallest prehistoric mounds in Europe. Both the Marlborough Mound (once dubbed Merlin’s Mount or burial place) and Silbury Hill are man-made earth mounds. They date […]
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Do you Wantsum? The remarkable history & archaeology of Thanet
The Isle of Thanet is said to have had more Bronze Age burial mounds than anywhere else in Britain. It is also the traditional location for three significant arrivals in Britain, including Julius Caesar and […]
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Sarn Helen – the mysterious way through Wales
The Ordnance Survey maps of West Wales show a dashed line running from south to north, sometimes on the course of modern roads, sometimes over hills and moorland, sometimes raised on a causeway, sometimes disappearing […]