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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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Why do archaeologists get excited by named burials?

MOLA Headland team
24.01.2019

Archaeological excavation at St James’s burial ground in Euston for HS2 is underway and we are uncovering a large number of burials with surviving name plates. The opportunity to combine detailed osteological analysis with historical research is unprecedented.

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Meet the MOLA Headland trainees uncovering new careers in archaeology on HS2

MOLA Headland team
17.01.2019

In Birmingham, we’re working with partners: Laing O’Rourke Murphy, West Midlands Combined Authority and BMet, to train the next generation of archaeologists and carry out the vital work of unearthing Britain’s rich archaeological heritage along the route of HS2.

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Local volunteers record gravestones of their 18th and 19th century forebears

MOLA Headland team
22.12.2018

Over the summer an enthusiastic team of volunteers worked alongside our archaeologists to record the inscriptions of over 350 gravestones associated with St James’s burial ground in Euston, London. The gravestones are being studied for the HS2 archaeology programme.

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Bright as a button: archaeologists reveal Birmingham’s links with the humble button

MOLA Headland team
11.12.2018

Our archaeologists have begun the main excavations at Park Street, Birmingham, for the HS2 railway project.

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The Medieval Mystery of the Booted Man in the Mud

MOLA Headland Infrastructure team
04.12.2018

A mysterious male skeleton, lying face-down deep in the Thames mud, with a pair of in-situ thigh-high leather boots has been discovered by our MOLA Headland archaeologists working on one of the sites being used to build London’s super sewer in Bermondsey.

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