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What happened to the #Battle1066 characters?
Throughout 2016, we've been posting from eight different Twitter channels, each representing different areas of medieval society. You can look back on the action by searching for #Battle1066, or read a month-by-month round up starting here in January.
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The stone memorial marking the spot where – according to tradition – King Harold fell at the Battle of Hastings has been moved by English Heritage to a new location following a new study of the 1066 battlefield and abbey.
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The Only People Ever Killed at Tilbury Fort
England has not been invaded since 1066, so perhaps it’s unsurprising that the only fatalities ever reported at Tilbury Fort were thanks to a game of cricket in 1776. Or is this extraordinary story just a tall tale?
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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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Our lead historican, Dr Andrew Hann, has worked with the genealogists at Findmypast to uncover more of Auberon Herbert's story.
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Our senior historian, Paul Pattison, has worked with the genealogists at Findmypast to uncover more of John Glasson Thomas' story.
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Modern Britons Seek Solace in Mythology
Study finds that, in uncertain times, people find comfort in folklore, myths and legends.
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English Heritage exhibits Hadrian’s Wall oldest souvenirs
One of Hadrian’s Wall’s earliest souvenirs – the Rudge Cup - has gone on display at Chesters Roman Fort in Northumberland.
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Stonehenge builders feasted on Scottish pork and beef but couldn’t handle their milk
A new exhibition at Stonehenge will showcase the diet of the prehistoric community who built the ancient monument 4,500 years ago, revealing that our ancestors feasted on pigs and cows transported to the Wiltshire site from as far away as north-east Scotland. Within these feasting ceremonies, milk played an important symbolic role however as the builders of Stonehenge were lactose intolerant, they had to turn the milk into cheese and yoghurt in order to consume it. As the new English Heritage exhibition makes clear, food miles and food intolerances are far from being modern phenomenon.