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A hint of Saxon archaeology, medieval town plots, a lime kiln, pits, ditches and more – a fair wishlist for any town centre excavation! We’ve recently excavated an area in the medieval core of Calne, in north Wiltshire, on behalf of Orion Heritage and Churchill Retirement Living. Now fieldwork is finished, finds and environmental analysis...

Walking through the landscape – a pastime for some and lifestyle for others. Drawing on excavations of an Iron Age site, our Environmental Archaeologist Liz Pearson continues our exploration of prehistoric landscapes. In this blog, she traces the footsteps (and hoof prints) of ancient herders from the past to present day. A stream of animals...

After providing an introduction to the Archive Service for a student, we were asked to raise awareness of World Aids Day, https://www.worldaidsday.org/ We were also asked about records covering sexual health, in order to advocate its importance amongst fellow students, particularly those who are LGBTQ+.   This got us thinking, since many records we hold...

Our archaeologists have archives, as well as our Record Office side of the service. Kerry, our Archaeological Archivist, explains what she does, what archaeological archives and why they are so important.

News broke today of an amazing Roman mosaic which was discovered last year in Leicestershire. We're really excited to say that two of our archaeologists were involved, helping advise and provide training on working on sites like this.

Whilst working on some boxes of 17thC will Rhonda, our Conservator, noticed several which had unusual and intriguing marks at the end of them.

This year marks the 160th anniversary of the establishment of Morris and Co. The firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co was established in 1861 by Morris, Rossetti and Burne-Jones, with fellow like-minded artisans and craftsmen to provide beautiful, hand-crafted products as a reaction to mass-production of the Victorian age. Their work was prolific and...

Anthony, one of our Archive team, has been looking into Isabella Ann Allen of Madresfield, a significant but little known 19th century botanist. It is fair to say that in the past few years I have become a passionate, if perhaps, a bit untidy, Gardener. It is due to my interest in the history of...

On Remembrance Day we thought we'd share a story about local soldiers using sources within the Archives The starting point was a photo in Berrow's Pictorial Supplement of six brothers who had gone off to war.

On Digital Preservation Day we look at why this is an important topic, and some of the things which need to happen to avoid digital records being lost.