British Archaeology magazine is a bi-monthly magazine that looks in depth at the latest archaeology news, discoveries and research within the UK and from British Archaeologists working overseas.
It is available from major high street newsagents, via print or digital subscription, and is included as one of the membership benefits to members of the Council for British Archaeology.
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Introducing the May/June issue of British Archaeology
ON THE COVER
Waun Mawn
The archaeologists who found a stone circle at Waun Mawn explain how they did it, and why they think it has links to Stonehenge
CBA NEWS
From the director - Introducing a special focus on the CBA in Wales
Casefiles - Capel Salem, Pwllheli and complex heritage legislation
Archaeology active - Local activities in Wales, and announcing the 2021 Festival of Archaeology
Archaeology 8-25 - Loving “unloved heritage” in Wales
OTHER FEATURES
A roof over Westminster - The carved oak roof of Westminster Hall is one of the great artistic glories of medieval Europe. A pioneering pilot study of the wood has revealed the extraordinary efficiency with which the huge single-span structure was commissioned (by Richard II), designed and built
The Brandon gunflint makers - An obscure industry once critical to British global power collapsed after Waterloo, leaving families out of work and men dying of silicosis. We report on the extraordinary story of a craft that grew rich on guns and survived on a myth of antiquity
The dissected poor - Excavations in the grounds of the former Covent Garden Workhouse are revealing striking evidence for social and medical care in harsher times
Longtown castles - There are two Norman castle mounds close together at Longtown near the Welsh-English border. A community archaeology project decided to see if it could explain why both fortifications were there – and found a Roman fort
OTHER REGULARS INCLUDE
News - Prehistoric and Roman ritual and settlement at Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk
The world in antiquity - Churches in Ethiopia, craters in Poland and a grave in Spain
My archaeology - Abeer Eladany, an Egyptologist in Aberdeen
Sharp focus - Capel Salem, Pwllheli and complex heritage legislation
Greg Bailey on TV - The Great British Dig: History in Your Garden
Books - Vikings, Hadrian’s Wall and archaeoastronomy
Disrupting the past - The value of archaeology lies in the stories we tell
Spoilheap - Opening up Burlington House to a new future
British Archaeology is a bimonthly members’ magazine that is also available in newsagents, and by subscription in print and digital
