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The story of ‘Find of the Day’

Last year the Bamburgh Research project teamed up on Twitter with other excavations across the country including Cosmeston Archaeology out of Cardiff University, the Silchester Dig run by Reading Uni and Binchester run by Durham Uni. Over the course of … Continue reading

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High Resolution Styca Photographs

This morning we received some new high resolution images of an Anglo-Saxon styca that was excavated from Trench 3 last week. The initial examination indicates that the styca has a high silver content which suggests it is an early production c.790 onwards. This styca forms part … Continue reading

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