Study Days

The moorland ridge of the Preseli Hills possesses a rich legacy of prehistoric and later remains of which the most famous are the the Carn Meini outcrops which provided the stones for Stonehenge...

Colchester, once the Roman capital of 'Camulodunum', boasts some of the most important archaeological remains surviving from Roman Britain, including the foundations of the massive temple of Claudius, well-preserved Roman town walls, one of the earliest Christian buildings in the country, two theatres and the only known Roman Circus in the country… 

As an island, Britain has always been a maritime nation in one way or another.  This is an opportunity to see a seafaring city that brings together 400 years of maritime history, from the 15^th century to the Victorian era...

Villas were one of the major features of the Romano-British landscape and remain a constant source of fascination and debate.  Fishbourne and Bignor in Sussex are two contrasting examples of Romano-British villas...

The beautiful little limestone valley of Creswell Crags contains one of Britain's most important collection of Ice Age occupation sites, as well as Britain's only confirmed examples of Ice Age cave art...

Tombstones, building inscriptions, milestones , idle doodles and graffiti - the splendid collection of inscriptions at Caerleon Museum give wonderful insight into the vices and virtues of the average Roman in Britain. Easy to decipher and full of personal detail.  

The ancient city of Calleva Atrebatum was both the tribal capital of the Atrebates before AD43 and the centre of their administration under the Romans.  Major new excavations at the site will provide us with a modern idea of how, and to what extent, the Romans took root in Britain...

Discover the ancient monuments of Avebury and its surrounding landscape in the company of archaeologist Mark Corney.  The whole walk is about seven miles in length and as well as the henge and stone circles of Avebury itself, you will explore the Ridgeway, Fyfield Down littered with sarsens, the Sanctuary, West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill.

The Isle of Wight, ancient Vectis, became separated from the mainland some 7000 years ago. In the way of islands, it now represents a microcosm of southern British archaeology, from Bronze Age barrows, through Roman, Saxon and Jutish settlements, to the complex landscape of the Middle Ages...

Dating back almost 6,000 years, prehistoric 'abstract' carvings are found on boulders and outcrops in often remote locations across northern Britain. The meaning of these carvings still eludes us, but recent research has shed new light on who might have created them and why.

After Boudica's rebellion, London was quickly rebuilt to become a flourishing town, port and river crossing. In its heyday, Londinium was equipped with a fort, amphitheatre, large public baths and temples some of which are still there, hidden under the modern city, waiting to be discovered... 

Learn the principles of radiocarbon dating from both a theoretical and practical perspective, andl gain a first-hand impression of the laboratory processes involved...

Medicine in the Roman world took many forms.  Some medicine had a rational basis, some depended on the healer-deities and some harnessed the power of magic...

Faces from the ancient world fascinate us because we feel we are meeting real people, not just dry bones and dusty potsherds. Facial reconstruction has become a valuable aid for archaeologists and more seriously, for police investigations...