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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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Cambridgeshire Ice Age giants uncovered on the A14C2H

MOLA Headland Infrastructure team
22.10.2018

Excavations for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme have revealed partial remains belonging to extinct megafauna including woolly mammoth and woolly rhino, thought to be at least 100,000 years old.

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Archaeological finds: A human connection to the Cambridgeshire landscape through time

MOLA Headland Infrastructure team
10.10.2018

During the excavation phase of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme, we uncovered many unique and fascinating objects that reveal human connections to the Cambridgeshire landscape through time.

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From dig to desk: the story of the A14C2H archaeology programme is just beginning

MOLA Headland Infrastructure team
13.09.2018

As the excavations on one of the UK’s largest ever archaeological projects draw to a close, we now start the huge challenge of pulling the results together, to paint a more detailed picture of over 6000 years of history.

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Broadening horizons on the A14C2H Community Dig: From digital pro to archaeology volunteer

MOLA Headland Infrastructure team
30.08.2018

We hear from Debbie, whose time on the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Summer Community Digsite proved to be quite the exciting departure from her digital day job.

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