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Collections Explored: Wallpaper in The Architectural Studies Collection
We often say 'if walls could talk' but wallpaper can sometimes tell more stories than you'd think. Rose Arkle explains why we collect and conserve it.
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Description of Avebury Henge and Stone Circles
A brief description of Avebury Henge and Stone Circles, one of the largest, and undoubtedly the most complex, of Britain's surviving Neolithic henge monuments.
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Significance of Corbridge Roman Town
The great importance of Corbridge Roman Town derives from the fact that the site is unencumbered by later development, making extensive excavation possible.
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A summary of the current state of research on Carlisle Castle, and of questions for future research.
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Mithras and Eastern Religion on Hadrian’s Wall
How a remarkable sculpture of Mithras, found at the remote frontier fort of Housesteads on Hadrian’s Wall, reveals religious and military connections with distant parts of the Roman Empire.
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A brief history and description of Bowes Castle, built on the site of a Roman fort and strengthened in the 12th century to withstand Scottish invasion.
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History of Thetford Warren Lodge
A brief history and description of Thetford Warren Lodge, built about 1400 by the prior of Thetford to guard the abbey’s rabbit warren
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A brief history and description of Halesowen Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery built in the early 13th century.
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