British Archaeology Magazine

9 April 2021

This edition features some extraordinary stories, all described by the archaeologists who researched them. On the cover is Waun Mawn, the newly discovered stone circle in Wales with claimed links to Stonehenge. Also featured is Richard II’s oak roof in Westminster Hall, where a new study has revealed the efficiency with which the huge structure was built. Excavations in the grounds of the former Covent Garden Workhouse are revealing striking evidence for the harsh world of the 19th-century poor, and from Norfolk we feature an obscure industry once critical to British global power that collapsed after Waterloo, leaving families out of work and men dying of silicosis. There is a special focus on community archaeology in Wales, and all the usual reviews, comment and news from around the world.