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Archaeologists return to Tintagel Castle for month-long excavation
Archaeologists will today begin a month-long excavation into life at Tintagel Castle, as a new report into last year's findings is released.
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St Augustine's Abbey brought to life through virtual reality tour
English Heritage launches its first virtual reality experience as part of a four-year collaboration with postgraduate students at the University of Kent
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Historic Bowling Alley uncovered at Marble Hill House
Historic bowling alley discovered by archaeologists at Marble Hill House
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Lost medieval carol recorded for new Battle Abbey exhibition
A long forgotten medieval carol has been discovered by English Heritage and recorded for a new exhibition at Battle Abbey
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The 19th century women’s rights campaigner, Caroline Norton, has today been commemorated by English Heritage with a London Blue Plaque. The charity’s plaque will adorn 3 Chesterfield Street, the Mayfair townhouse from where Norton fought for the rights to own the proceeds of her own work as a writer, as a married woman.
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Standing the Test of Time at Stonehenge
One of the most significant conservation projects at Stonehenge in over 60 years begins today, English Heritage has announced, as it revealed the toll that erosion and past repairs have taken on the 4500-year-old structure. The project will see the charity undertake vital steps to care for the historic stone circle; repairing cracks in the lintels – the elevated horizontal stones that make Stonehenge so iconic – and the re-packing of joints with lime mortar to keep the stones safe into the future. To mark the significance of this work, English Heritage has invited the man, who as a boy in the 1950s placed a 1958 halfpenny beneath a sarsen during restoration works, to return to the stones and place a 2021 coin beneath a lintel.
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New blue plaque commemorates sanctuary for stranded South and East Asian women
A house in Hackney which, in the early twentieth century, sheltered hundreds of stranded and sometimes abandoned South and East Asian nannies – known as ayahs – has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque, the charity announced today (16 June).
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2000 Year Old Roman Gateway Reconstructed at Richborough Roman Fort
A reconstructed Roman gateway and rampart providing panoramic views across Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre in Kent will open to the public on Wednesday 19 April.
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English Heritage appoints Dr Nick Merriman as its new Chief Executive
Dr Nick Merriman, Chief Executive and Director of Content at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, will be English Heritage’s next Chief Executive.
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Hark! English Heritage Reveals Christmas Carols are Being Sung to the Wrong Tune
Most ‘carols’ aren’t really carols at all