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Archaeological News: Neolithic discovery: why Orkney is the centre of ancient Britain →
Drive west from Orkney’s capital, Kirkwall, and then head north on the narrow B9055 and you will reach a single stone monolith that guards the entrance to a spit of land known as the Ness of Brodgar. The promontory separates the island’s two largest bodies of freshwater, the Loch of Stenness…
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Bronze sword from Richmond Lock and Weir
- Found in the Thames at Richmond Lock and Weir on 18 June 1891
- Part of the Lloyd collection
- Dated: late Bronze Age (900BC - 800BC)
- Dimensions: L 280mm; W 49mm; WT 345.0g
Bronze hilt and part of blade of leaf-shaped sword, with slightly concave V-butt, tang with vestigial flanges and grooved sides. Hilt has seven rivet-holes, three on handle and four on shoulder. Finial is rectangular. Blade has bevelled edges.
Source & Copyright: Museum of London
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HC: Rome Rise and Fall of an Empire EP 9 The Soldiers’ Emperor 3/3
Battlefield Britain - Bouddica’s Revolt
Britain is a country that has been forged by centuries of warfare. Each episode charts one key battle which could have gone either way, and did much to shape the nation that Britain is today. Dynamic father-and-son team Peter and Dan Snow, together with historical renactors, give the soldiers perspective on what it must have been like to ride, march, fly and sail into battle. Episodes include: Boudicca’s Revolt, The Battle of Hastings, Battle for Wales, Spanish Armada, Battle of Naseby, Battle of the Boyne, Battle of Culloden, and the Battle of Britain
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