lee greagsbey wrote:"Northampton's 'crumbling' Eleanor Cross repairs delayed"

From Northampton this time..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-n ... e-45916248

Absolutely shocking but we all know where the money goes these days and how little respect there is for OUR history.

That would be a bleak old place to be down on your knees excavatiing.

lee greagsbey wrote:"Cultivating Compton: A Community Dig"


A read from my ancestral home, Fulham...

http://www.fulhampalace.org/cultivating ... unity-dig/

Oh to find a complete pot like that

I've been on a couple of community digs in the past and they were always great fun.

Saw this on twitter and thought it was interesting. :g50: https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ppoweruk/ So an Edward I penny had an equivalent worth of about £63 in labour in AD 1270. Bet they were miffed at losing them then, especially purse losses! As I suffer from dyscalculia I can't make...

Why cant people leave things alone. You cant change our history and some folks who have only more recently had the privilege to join our society, want to destroy some of the most important historical figures from our past. Makes me sick to read their unwelcome wishes and desires to trash our herita...

If I said what I really think about this unbelievably stupid behaviour I would get myself banned.....

Unless it is stopped I really do fear for the future of our once great nation.

Incredible to say the least. Treasure doesn't have to be made of metal.

Great find. Lucky too as my hoard was all bronze without a single silver!

wickenuk wrote:oops double post ,my apologies

No respect for anything unfortunately and sadly it's just getting worse.

"Police crack down on nighthawking in Norfolk" Good... :Z http://www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk/news/cracking-down-on-nighthawking-in-norfolk-1-5727156 Bad news for anyone trying to seek permission here. The few as ever have spoiled it for the many as once a farmer becomes anti-detecting there w...

A beautiful looking thing. As simple as it is it still looks celtic.

Cambridgeshire is rich with archeaology spanning just about every period. Rich soil, flat landscape and plenty of water it must have been a haven for early habitation. Just a footnote... I see the archies are out in the middle of a field wearing high vis and hard hats! I gave up construction when I ...

I think we can all guess who was responsible....

AXE HEAD wrote:I always thought these were called Ring Money?.

There is a lot of guess work involved with archaeology and no-one really knows what these things were used for.