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Welcome to the MOLA blog. Explore our latest news, discoveries, stories and content. Our blog posts are created by archaeologists and specialists from across the organisation and cover a range of fascinating and informative topics. Browse our posts using the tags, join in the discussion and share with your network.

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Wartime public health posters found in Drapers’ Hall basement give insight into its air raid shelter past

MOLA team
14.08.2019

Our historic building recording of Drapers’ Hall ahead of its transformation into a new music venue by Historic Coventry Trust with support from The Prince’s Foundation has been revealing the social history of the urban centre of Coventry during the Blitz. In this blog, Historic Building Officer Lauren Wilson explores what has been revealed about how the basement provided shelter for local people during the Second World War…

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Favourite finds from Drapers’ Hall dig in Coventry

MOLA team
02.08.2019

We share some of our favourite finds from excavations at Drapers' Hall in Coventry including a bird bone pen, ladle bowls, set of beads and a fragment of medieval glass.

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‘I went to Rome and all I got you was this stylus!’ Rare inscribed Roman writing implement discovered beneath Bloomberg’s European HQ goes on display

MOLA team
28.07.2019

A unique Roman stylus, with the most elaborate and expressive inscription of its kind is set to go on display for the first time.

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Online Storymap explores the archaeology of Borough Hill

MOLA team
24.07.2019

Take a scroll through our ArcGIS Storymap of Borough Hill to explore its history from the Palaeolithic to the present day.

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Geophysical survey uncovers new possibilities for the structure of Fotheringhay Castle

Steve Parry
18.07.2019

A new survey undertaken by our MOLA Northampton team on behalf of the Castle Studies Trust has revealed new details about how Fotheringhay Castle near Peterborough may have developed from a small motte and bailey into the favoured seat of generations of royalty.

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