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Archaeologists in the U.K. are confident that they have uncovered the remains of a lost Anglo-Saxon-era monastery. Wessex Archaeology recently reported that two semi-circular stone structures were ...

Archaeologists from the U.K.’s University of Reading have discovered the site of an ancient Anglo-Saxon monastery that was ruled by a royal abbess, Queen Cynethryth. Cynethryth is believed to have ...

Discovered this summer by researchers from the University of Reading, the site has been linked to one of the most powerful women from the Early Middle Ages. Evidence of the 1,300-year-old monastery ...

The site of a lost Anglo Saxon monastery, which may hold the grave of the powerful queen who founded it, has been rediscovered in the heart of the Berkshire village of Cookham. Its most famous ...

Research into an 8th Century Anglo-Saxon monastery is set to continue following National Lottery funding. University of Reading archaeologists have been excavating Cookham Abbey, a monastery ruled by ...

Newly unearthed remains may come from the monastery where England's first king, Edgar the Peaceful, was coronated more than 1,000 years ago, according to Wessex Archaeology, an archaeological company ...

Researchers conducting excavations near Bath Abbey have uncovered the remains of an apse dated to between the late eighth and late tenth centuries. Wessex Archaeology Don’t let the tranquility of his ...

Archaeologists have discovered a long-lost royal site that played a key part in the rise of London as England’s dominant political and economic centre. Excavations in Berkshire are revealing how ...

The site of a lost Anglo Saxon monastery, which may hold the grave of the powerful queen who founded it, has been rediscovered in the heart of the Berkshire village of Cookham. Its most famous ...