To celebrate Valentine’s Day we asked our team of expert finds specialists to tell us a little bit about their favourite love-related archaeological finds.

We’ve excavated lots of different sites across the country and discovered fascinating things, from Prehistoric timbers to Victorian Piccalilli pots. Today we’re looking at finds from a porcelain bowl in a privy pit to Venus figurines from Roman London that have been studied by our dedicated team of specialists.

Here’s our four favourite Valentine’s finds...

From the experts Artefacts Roman Post-medieval