Colchester Memorial Plans
In Colchester, locals have been campaigning for several years to get a memorial for the women who were accused tried and hanged as witches. Now Colchester council have finally agreed to a memorial in...
Author: Sceotan
Yatton Graves
Here is a recent news article on 300 graves discovered during a housing development at Yatton, Somerset. The article seems unclear on whether they are pre-Christian or early Christian. Council accused of keeping 300...
Henge Discovery
HAD would be interested in hearing from anyone in the area who would like to be involved in following up on this story. Prehistoric henge discovered in Newbold-on-Stour – BBC News
Rollright Stones – Saxon Lady Question
In April 2015 metal detectorist Charles Wood of the Muddy Boots detectorists club was searching land near the Rollright Stones (http://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/) on the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border. He was just outside land owned by the Rollright...
A303 Stonehenge Consultation 2017 – HAD Response
Highways England (HE) plans along the A303, A358 and A30 to create a world-class Expressway to link the south west and south east of England. The A303 currently runs through the Stonehenge, Avebury and...
Cleveland Street Workhouse
Plans to develop the site at Cleveland Street Workhouse have been brought to HAD’s attention recently. Honouring the Ancient Dead exists to promote greater respect for and empathy with the ancient dead. Generally these...
Hare & Hounds
A human skull is on display in a cage-like case at the Hare & Hounds public house, Arreton on the Isle of Wight. There are contradictory and partial accounts of the skull’s history, and...
Channel 5 Programme in Trouble
This is an interesting one. Archaeologists successfully campaign to stop people digging up yesterday’s heroes.
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