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Putting us on the map
This week our post-excavation work took a leap forward: the digitising of the single-context plans has been completed and loaded into GIS (Geographic Information System). This means we can see every...
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Don’t be hippo critical
A large number of our finds from site are shiny pretty objects, but not all. For this post we thought we would focus on something a little more organic. In the last area excavated we managed to reach...
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You thought it was a real horse… but it was just a phony
We will never know if this little pony had a fish tale or not, as unfortunately it’s rear end was truncated by 1950′s concrete. But we can imagine… However it is true this skeleton was found within...
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History is old news
Feeling a bit nostalgic as it was a year ago this week we finished the main area of excavation, we thought we would dip into the past for the latest blog… It could not have passed anyone by that our...
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Photographic memory
Continuing from last week’s nostalgic post (and the current trend for old and new images) we have a lovely series of pictures for you. Whilst on site, Cementation (the company responsible for the...
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Fancy a butchers?
“Bubala! Bubala! Venite et emite bubalam!” Echoes down the streets of Roman London swiftly followed by the sound of a cleaver hitting wood, or so we would like to imagine! One of the more abundant...
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Up north
Far, far away, in a distant land often described as ‘grim’ (not by ourselves), north of the Watford Gap lays a little town called Wath. And in this little town, on Saturday, was an absolutely amazing...
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Day of Archaeology 2014
Today is the Day of Archaeology! Archaeologists from around the globe have been posting about their activities, go and have a look.
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BAA Best Archaeological Project 2014
We are delighted to have been awarded the British Archaeological Award for Best Archaeological Project for Bloomberg London. Well done and thank you to all those involved and to those that have...
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History repeating: remembering the Temple of Mithras
This September marks sixty years since the discovery of the Roman Temple of Mithras. The 1954 excavation captivated public imagination with an estimated 400,000 people flocking to visit the site over a...
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