Archaeology Gallery

Viking ship EAW026333

The Hugin (a replica of the Viking Gokstad ship) at sea, Eastbourne, East Sussex. A gift from the Danish government to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the arrival of Hengist and Horsa in England in 449 AD. The Hugin was sailed to England by a crew of 53 Danes. A fine example of experimental archaeology. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd 5th September 1949

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Pocklington excavations, 34003_014

Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, 2018. Site of an Iron Age cemetery excavated during spring/summer 2018 showing at least 12 burials as well as trackways and enclosure ditches. SE8049

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Aerial, Archaeology, Barrow Cemetery, Cemetery, Excavation

Farmstead, Lavenham 29817_004

Late medieval farmstead in Lavenham, Suffolk. This 2015 aerial photograph shows the buried remains of a late medieval farmstead revealed as cropmarks. You can see some of the farma??s field boundaries and a trackway which linked this farm to its neighbours. They are reminders of the generations of families who lived and worked the land here. These farms were abandoned after changes in farming practice and illustrate the widespread changes that have affected the rural landscape of Suffolk over the last 500 years. This is a good example of the many Suffolk farmsteads Historic England has discovered from the air in recent years. It looks similar to prehistoric settlements found in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire but is more typical of late medieval farmsteads still in use elsewhere on the Suffolk clay lands

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