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    • photo of tall and thin slabs of standing stone in a circle
      Article: Trail A trail around UK standing stones and burial chambers
      With the summer solstice once again upon us now is a good time to visit the UK's many mysterious megalithic monuments.
      21 December 2008
    • A photo of a large earth brown circular pot containing various green metal discoveries
      Article: News Airport x-ray scans reveal haul of new Bronze Age axeheads in pot found in Jersey field
      Experts believe the weapons found in a pot in the area of Trinity last month may have been used as objects of prestige after finding a further 21 axeheads inside the vessel.
      13 November 2012
    • Venue: Archive, Museum County: Guernsey Alderney Museum Alderney
    • Panorama of the Ancient Technology Centre
      Venue: Campaign or initiative, Architecture centre County: Dorset Ancient Technology Centre Wimborne
    • Venue: Prehistoric site, Museum County: Aberdeenshire Archaeolink Prehistory Park Insch
    • An overhead photo of a huge boat on a dockyard, made out of wood
      Article: News Archaeological remake of 4,000-year-old boat faces "moment of truth" in Cornwall
      An amazing project to reconstruct an ancient boat, carried out using Bronze Age axeheads and prehistoric techniques in Cornwall, could see the vessel launch this week.
      26 February 2013
    • Venue: Garden, parklands or rural site, Prehistoric site, Archaeological site County: Wiltshire Avebury (National Trust) Nr Marlborough
    • Venue: Garden, parklands or rural site, Historic house or home, Prehistoric site, Archaeological site, Agricultural site County: Shetland Islands Bayanne House Yell
    • Venue: Museum County: Isle of Lewis Bernera Museum Bernera
    • Article: Trail Britain BC - Francis Pryor's Top Rated UK Bronze Age Sites
      To mark the screening of his Channel 4 documentary, Britain BC, Francis Pryor gave us the lowdown on his favourite Bronze Age sites.
      20 February 2003
    • a photo of a pottery sherd with the vague outline of a boat scored into it
      Article: News Bronze Age pottery sherd from Isles of Scilly could be earliest British depiction of a boat
      A small Bronze Age pottery sherd, currently on display at the National Maritime Museum in Cornwall, could be the earliest representation of a boat ever found in the UK.
      22 August 2012
    • Museum site as seen from inside Stevens' Mill. Copyright © Burwell Museum/Simon Heath
      Venue: Heritage site, Museum, Archive County: Cambridgeshire Burwell Museum of Fen Edge Village Life Burwell
    • Venue: Prehistoric site, Castle or defences County: Denbighshire Caer Drewyn Hillfort Corwen
    • View of entrance to Carmarthenshire County Museum
      Venue: Historic house or home, Museum, Garden, parklands or rural site County: Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire County Museum Carmarthen
    • Venue: Archaeological site, Castle or defences, Prehistoric site County: Pembrokeshire Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort Nr Crymych
    • Venue: Archaeological site, Prehistoric site County: Cumbria Castlerigg Stone Circle
    • Venue: Museum County: Co. Londonderry/Derry Coleraine Museum Coleraine
    • Venue: Museum County: Cheshire Congleton Museum Congleton
    • Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Elizabeth Walker of National Museum Cardiff chooses a Stone Age axe
      Curator's Choice: Elizabeth Walker, Curator of Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Archaeology at National Museum Cardiff picks a Neanderthal hand axe made of rhyolite, which dates back to c. 60,000-35,000 BC.
      01 February 2009
    • A photo of a stash of gold coins
      Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Ipswich Museum curator Caroline McDonald's Wickham Market Hoard
      As the hoard of Iron Age coins goes on sneak preview to the public, we find out about Ipswich Museum's plans to save it.
      03 May 2011
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