Iron Age War Grave Unearthed
Builders working on the ‘Olympic Highway’ relief road on Ridgeway Hill near Weymouth have uncovered a 2000 year old mass grave near Maiden Castle, Dorset. The bodies are thought to be local victims of the...
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‘King of bling’ site moves
Camp Bling – established in 2006 to oppose the widening of the road at Priory Park – is to be disbanded after the local council has abandoned plans to go ahead with the scheme. ...
Row over Christian Reburial
Plans to move 200 19th Century skeletons exhumed in South Shields to a new home in Gloucester Cathedral have caused a stir. The human remains were removed to make way for a new Asda...
Interview with Pagans for Archaeology
Emma Restall Orr talks to Pagans for Archaeology about her inspiration for HAD, its principles and the benefits of interactions between Pagans, archaeologists and museums. You can read the full interview on our website in...
Lindow Man Exhibit Wins Award
The Lindow Man exhibition at Manchester Museum has won the Design Week Award for best temporary exhibition design.
Isle of Mann Tumuli
HAD recently received an enquiry about whether we have any project activity in the Isle of Mann – an area we have yet to reach. It seems the noth west coast of the island has...
Gloucester Human Remains Policy Consultation Success
Gloucester City Museum is currently revising its human remains policy. HAD was included within the review group and has had its comments accepted, including advice from HAD’s guidelines for the display of human remains. ...
Photography Exhibition – Lindow Moss
New exhibition opening at The Manchester Museum Lindow Moss: A Place of Finding by Stephen Vaughan 13 December 2008 – 12 July 2009 A new photography exhibition Lindow Moss: A Place of Finding by...
Travelling Fair Cares for ‘bog body’
HAD was recently made aware of a travelling fair reportedly with human remains in its care…. “Recently a fair in Melton Mowbray had a ‘museum of oddities’ in a big lorry. It contained a very odd collection of built...
Consultation on Future of Avebury Remains
Information about the English Heritage and the National Trust consultation on the future of human remains stored at the Alexander Keiller Museum and HAD’s response may be found here. HAD has now issued a Press Release on the response which summarises...
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