"There is a remarkable skeleton excavated from the Norse Age cemetery at Newark Bay, Deerness, by DR Brothwell in the late 1960s (Brothwell and Krzanowski 1974). The morphology of the bones suggests a seaman who had suffered great physical hardship for his way of life. In the following description, the unusual features of the skeleton have been noted (Plate 1). An attempt is made to interpret them." The article also has a short bibliography of other readings.

Take a virtual tour of the city walls, discover more about the history of the city, dig into the archaeological research which has been conducted.

"Castell Henllys is a small inland Iron Age (600-100 BC) promontory fort and adjacent native farmstead occupied in the late Iron Age and throughout the Roman period (100 BC - AD 400). It has been under excavation since 1981, and almost all of the interior and the entrance of the fort has been examined, together with a significant section of the farmstead. The fort is one of the most extensively excavated ever in Britain. The on-site building reconstructions are unique in Britain and include the longest-standing reconstructed roundhouse and granary. The excavations are run so as to provide practical training, and Castell Henllys is now the longest-running and largest such excavation in Britain."

"This long-term excavation was started in 1981 with the intention of completely excavating the interior of a short-period occupation Welsh castle. It is owned by CADW (Welsh Historic Monuments) who fund the excavation and the full-time stone masons conserving the exposed walls. Three-quarters of the castle have been examined and it is likely that the work will be completed in another two seasons." Dolforwyn was the last castle built by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in the 1270s. Site contains information on the dig, how to join, and an interim report on the excavation.

Mainly a Classical and Roman site, there is however a Byzantine component. Excellent reports and information.

An overview of the excavations at the Friary with images and other information from the dig.

"Archaeologists in Turkey believe they could have unearthed some of the remains of the Great Palace of the Byzantine Empire which ruled much of the known world for nearly a thousand years from the heart of Constantinople." Must pay to get full article.

"Some new and unpublished rock engravings were recently found at Monte Cotrozzi, near S. Maria del Giudice (Lucca , Tuscany, Italy), which is one of the minor hills of the Monti Pisani, separating the towns of Pisa and Lucca." A short description of the engravings.

View medieval coins, pottery, grinding apparatus, and more.

A Cistercian house on the Isle of Man. Site only contains a brief list of publications about the archaeological dig at the abbey made by the University of York Dept. of Archaeology and a short interim report.

"In August 1996, workmen disturbed a portion of a mass-burial pit during building work at the location of the Towton battlefield (near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire). At the request of North Yorkshire County Council Heritage Unit, a team of osteoarchaeologists and archaeologists from the Department of Archaeological Sciences and members of the West Yorkshire Archaeology Service recovered the mostly complete remains of 43 individuals from the interment which measured 6m x 2m and was only 50 cm in depth."

"Wharram Percy, located in Yorkshire, has been occupied by humans since the Iron Age. Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans -- all have lived out their lives in this high-wold village. As an archeological site, it was one of the most important peasant digs in England." The site contains images and descriptions of the following: the location of the village, the local church, peasant houses, manor houses, and a bibliography. A must see!