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ISSN 1357-4442 Editor: Simon Denison

Issue no 56, December 2000

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Contents

News

King Billy's bombs seen again at Limerick: excavators find unexploded shells that were meant to blow houses apart
Roman horseman reunited with his head
Portmahomack monastery dated to 6th century
Development threats prompt Scottish Battlefields Register
Forgotten 'royal' graves found in Carmarthen church: George III's first marriage casts doubt on legitimacy of the Queen
In Brief

Features

Great sites: Hoxne
Chris Tolan-Smith recalls the brick pit where artefacts were first recognised as signs of humanity's great antiquity

Meet the metal makers
Metal came relatively late to Britain. But it was here that a remarkable new compound was perfected. It was called bronze. Paul Budd reports.

Offa versus the Welsh
Offa's Dyke used to be thought of as just a boundary line. New research suggests it was built in earnest for defence against the kingdom of Powys. David Hill explains.

Letters

covering history in planning, Skara Brae, bell rings, old scythe and Roman end

Issues

Blinkers off now: Government must change its approach to the historic environment, writes George Lambrick

Peter Ellis

Books

In the past by Susan Oosthuizen
Welsh past by David Longley
Places for people by David Wheatley
Togas et al by Jenny Hall
Henge makers by Simon Denison
Old bones by Keith Dobney

CBA update

Favourite finds

Rognvald the Wrong. John Malam recalls finding Orcadian relics in an Essex junk shop.


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