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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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Remarkable Anglo-Saxon carved stone found concealed in wall of Northamptonshire church tower

Lauren Wilson
08.01.2021

This summer our Northampton historic buildings team found a Saxon carved stone, thought to be part of a standing cross, while recording the conservation work of a church tower at Church Stowe, Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire (see our previous blog about the project). In this blog, Historic Building Officer Lauren Wilson tells us more about the stone…

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Getting to the bottom of the Glenfield Park cauldrons

MOLA team
28.10.2020

Conservation and scientific analysis work on a group of 11 remarkable Iron Age cauldrons uncovered at Glenfield Park continues to shed light on the construction and repair of these impressive metal objects.

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How can the existing structures of archaeology incorporate a wider range of experiences and interests?

Dr Sadie Watson
22.10.2020

In this blog, inspired by a paper given by a recent paper given by Laura Hampden at the 2019 CIfA conference, Dr Sadie Watson looks at how the existing structures within archaeology could be changed to incorporate a wider range of experiences and interests...

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The archaeology of sea level change in the southern North Sea

Damian Goodburn
18.07.2020

In this blog, archaeological woodwork specialist Damian Goodburn shares what decades of excavation has taught us about sea level change over the centuries, and what bearing this has on life on the Thames floodplain today…

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Peeling back the layers of a Saxon tower in Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire

Lauren Wilson
01.05.2020

Once the situation allows, our Northampton

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