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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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Prittlewell princely burial secrets revealed in new research

MOLA team
09.05.2019

Today, we’ve published two new books with research revealing previously hidden insights into the Prittlewell princely burial and the man buried.

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Drapers’ Hall dig to reveal the mercantile heart of medieval Coventry

MOLA team
12.04.2019

Excavation and historic building recording has begun at Drapers’ Hall which will reveal the commercial heart of medieval Coventry.

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The Anglo-Saxon ‘Pioneer’ burial: Who was the ‘Wollaston warrior’?

MOLA team
01.04.2019

In 1997 we uncovered a remarkable 7th century ‘warrior’ burial featuring the best preserved Anglo-Saxon helmet ever found in a burial

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18th century Ice House re-discovered beneath the streets of Marylebone

MOLA team
28.12.2018

Our buildings archaeologists have uncovered a huge underground Ice House dating from the 1780s whilst working on behalf of Great Marlborough Estates during the development of Regent’s Crescent.

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Full steam ahead for HS2 archaeology programme

MOLA Headland Infrastructure
31.10.2018

HS2's archaeology programme is the largest archaeological project to have ever taken place in the UK. Over 1,000 specialists are working across 60 sites along the 150 mile route. The project is an unprecedented research opportunity.

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