archaeology

Hillforts are not a strongpoint of the Peak District. Carl Wark might sound wonderful but is little more than a well constructed stone wall. The fort on Fin Cop, over Monsal Dale, is on private [...]

I think I was dreaming, a sci-fi dream about the search for a lost culture. Magnificently armoured soldiers had invaded, taken over, all for the desire of a metallic substance. A substance never [...]

Gardom’s Edge is a typical gritstone scarp in the Peak District, looking out over Baslow. It is wild, tussocky, heather moorland pasted with recumbent boulders. In parts it is lichen [...]

I love hillforts! On my recent trip to North Wales, this fort was on my agenda. It is no easy trip. You drive to Llithfaen on the Llyn Penisula, turn west in the village and climb to a free car [...]

When I moved to the Peak District, I anticipated that my Neolithic understanding gained in Dorset would be an advantage. However, that has not happened even though the similarities are many. Both [...]

My move to another pagan paradise, a new tribal area, is about to happen. Blame it on lockdown. Ann and I reconsidered where we should be for the next decade, assuming we survive, of course. The [...]

You cannot imagine how vindicated I feel. A recent article in the Guardian featured research on the various artifacts found in Bronze Age graves throughout Britain. Their findings suggested that [...]

It might be overwhelmed by its more famous neighbour, Stonehenge, yet Durrington Walls is the biggest henge in Europe. Beneath it possibly hides more archaeological interest than in all other [...]

My book was published at the end of July following eight pre-publication reviews. What the reviewers didn’t know were my objectives in writing it. The story was intended to be a social [...]

Hengistbury Head as the first port in Britain seems an absurd claim. The frivolity of beach huts, a land train, kite flyers and cyclists trivialize the headland. It is now a mere playground. The [...]