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Topic: Excavation

Nadine Lee
A Cannonball, a Sheepskin and a Loch Village
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From a cannonball found lodged in the wall of a castle, to a Bronze Age body wrapped in a sheepskin - it's been a thrilling week in the field of archaeology. Here's the lowdown on the latest uncovered...
Topics: archaeology, Bronze Age, Cannonball, Clan Campbell, clan donald, crannog, Excavation, Iron Age, Loch VIllage, Lochaber, Mingary Castle, sheepskin
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Nadine Lee
Flodden Battlefield Grave Search Begins
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A memorial to the fallen at Flodden Archaeologists and volunteers are set to begin the search for body pits from Scotland's worst ever battlefield defeat. Beginning work in early September, archaeo...
Topics: Battle of Flodden, Excavation, Flodden, Home, Hume, Northumberland, War Graves