CONTENTS

ISSUE 415

(Vol.XXXV, No.7) October 2024

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22 NINE MILLENNIA OF LIFE ON THE

BANKS OF THE ‘GOODLY BAROW’ Archaeological excavations on the N25 New Ross Bypass in south-east Ireland Archaeological investigations sparked by a major road scheme in Co. Wexford and Co. Kilkenny have uncovered remains spanning 9,000 years of human activity from the Mesolithic to the medieval periods.

30 HOW TO RESTORE A MANOR

Breathing life back into a Grade II*-listed Norfolk building A new book follows the restoration of the once-derelict Northwold Manor, exploring its architecture, histor y, and the stories it can tell about the surrounding parish.

38 ROMAN REPLICAS

Recreating the Hallaton Helmet An innovative project has created contrasting replicas of an ornately decorated Roman cavalry helmet found in Leicestershire, one using cutting-edge technology and the other traditional armourers’ techniques.

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44 UNEARTHING ANCIENT TWEEDDALE

‘Merlin’s Grave’ and other lost stories embedded in the landscape A community archaeology project in the Scottish Borders sought to explore Drumelzier’s legendar y link s, and illuminated the area’s Iron Age and early medieval past in the process.

52 A HOME FOR HUNTER-GATHERERS?

Reconstructing ‘Britain’s oldest house’ at the Yorkshire Museum This summer, an experimental archaeology project saw the reconstruction of a Mesolithic house in York’s Museum Gardens, based on remains excavated at Star Carr.

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