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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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Tracing lost Roman bath houses and ancient tile trade networks on the A14C2H scheme

MOLA Headland team
06.01.2020

MOLA Headland specialist Ian Betts shares why tiles found near Offord Cluny may hint at a Roman villa and bath house once existing nearby, and what they reveal about an extensive tile trade network which once operated across Northamptonshire and beyond, nearly 2000 years ago…

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The Iron Road: Birmingham and the Development of the Railways

MOLA Headland team
19.11.2019

MOLA Headland Community Engagement Officer, Paul McGarrity, explores the rich railway history of Birmingham and recent discoveries made at Curzon Street during archaeological work carried out on behalf of LM for HS2.

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Ask the Expert: Not just any old gridiron

MOLA Headland team
11.09.2019

MOLA Headland Registered Finds Specialist, Owen Humphreys, explores what a Roman gridiron found on the A14C2H can tell us about cooking technology in Roman Cambridgeshire.

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How do you conserve a pair of 200-year-old slippers?

MOLA Headland team
21.08.2019

Conservator Lucie gives us a glimpse into the important work she has been doing to conserve a pair of 200-year-old leather slippers found during excavations for HS2 at St James's burial ground, Euston.

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Food or foe? Exploring unusual plant foods along the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme

MOLA Headland team
12.08.2019

As our archaeobotany team move through the post-excavation process for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme they are uncovering clues about the other plant-based foods which are likely to have had an important role in the diet of past populations. Let’s explore the potentially toxic world of pulses.

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