Medieval News

How the anniversary celebrations and the re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings at Battle Abbey was reported in the media... [ View the sto...

This week we take a look at some stories about the search for King Harold (sigh), some interesting medieval archaeological discoveries, and ...

The Alderney Bayeux Tapestry The famous Bayeux Tapestry ends with the defeat of King Harold's army and the flight of the Anglo-Sa...

Some recent news on what medieval items people are finding in England and Wales... Archaeologists working in Norfolk have discovered the r...

Archaeological work being done at St.Hilda's Church in Hartlepool has turned up an Anglo-Saxon grave. Other burials from the Early Mod...

His remains are believed to lie in an unmarked grave in Winchester and a team is reportedly applying for permission to dig up the spot at ...

By Trine Nickelsen Contrary to popular belief, the British did not 'borrow' words and concepts from the Norwegian and Danish Viki...

Archaeologists from the University of Reading have uncovered the remains of Anglo-Saxon hall that would have accommodated at least 60 peopl...

Two perfectly preserved Iron Age notched log ladders as well as burial sites dating back to the early Saxon period have been found by War...

A team from Oxford Archaeology, in partnership with Pre-Construct Archaeology, has so far uncovered some 300 burials dating to the late Saxo...

Anglo-Saxon treasures which date back as far as 700AD have been unearthed during a major archaelogical dig at a historic North Warwickshir...

As an invitation to explore the wonders of Old English, hand-saex is certainly arresting. The Dictionary of Old English, based at the Uni...

New research led by the University of Reading has revealed that finds at Glastonbury Abbey provide the earliest archaeological evidence of g...

One of the earliest Anglo-Saxon Christian burial sites in Britain has been discovered in a village outside Cambridge. The grave of a teenage...

Keith Briggs, a visiting research fellow in linguistics at the University of the West of England, has proposed a new site for the battle in ...

In what is being described as a “very exciting find” over 200 items dating back to around the year 900 have been discovered near Silverdale,...

The flanks of Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales National Park have given up one of their secrets to a team of amateur archaeologists. Me...

A bigger picture of what life was like 1,300 years ago for people living on the Lizard is emerging at Gunwalloe. Archaeological work in th...

Archaeologists working in the Oxfordshire town of Bicester believe they have discovered a reliquary containing some of the bones of Saint Ed...

Evidence of a brutal massacre of Vikings in Oxford 1100 years ago has been uncovered by archaeologists. At least 35 skeletons, all males age...