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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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Winning hearts and minds in favour of well-planned economic and housing growth

Tony Curtis
15.07.2019

Sustained economic growth and building enough houses to meet demand are critical to the country’s future. Yet proposals for growth are so often met with fierce local opposition and resultant indecision. Professor Tony Curtis, considers this and what can be done to smooth the way for much needed housing development.

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Buttons, cloth and metalwork: Drapers’ Hall excavation uncovers long tradition of industry at Coventry’s historic core

MOLA team
09.07.2019

Excavations and historic building recording carried out at Drapers’ Hall in Coventry have shed new light on the development of Coventry’s historic core.

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The case for an archaeology of the ‘Jungle’

Sarah Mallet
02.07.2019

Sarah Mallet, a TORCH Knowledge Exchange Fellow based at the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford reflects on the Dzhangal Archaeology Project.

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Revealing the hidden history of Knole

MOLA team
10.06.2019

Knole is one of England’s greatest historic house. A new book Knole Revealed, includes hidden historical gems that we uncovered as part of the National Trust’s Inspired by Knole project.

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The artists of St James’s burial ground revealed

MOLA Headland team
05.06.2019

Robert Hartle, Senior Archaeologist for MOLA Headland Infrastructure is currently working on the archaeological excavation of the 18th and 19th century St James’s burial ground at Euston for Costain Skanska Joint Venture (CSjv) on behalf of HS2. In this blog Robert delves into the burial ground’s artistic connections and what the team is uncovering.

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