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"A cornucopia of our weirdest and most wonderful archaeological sites and artefacts. They make you feel proud to be a citizen of these gloriously intriguing isles." Sir Tony Robinson An Ice Age cannibal's skull cup, a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, a seventeenth century witch bottle… anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota unearths more than 70 of Britain's most intriguing ancient places and artefacts and explores the mysteries behind them. Britain is full of ancient wonders: not grand like the Egyptian pyramids, but small, strange places and objects that hint at a deep and enduring relationship with the…mehr
"A cornucopia of our weirdest and most wonderful archaeological sites and artefacts. They make you feel proud to be a citizen of these gloriously intriguing isles." Sir Tony Robinson An Ice Age cannibal's skull cup, a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, a seventeenth century witch bottle… anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota unearths more than 70 of Britain's most intriguing ancient places and artefacts and explores the mysteries behind them. Britain is full of ancient wonders: not grand like the Egyptian pyramids, but small, strange places and objects that hint at a deep and enduring relationship with the mystic. Secret Britain offers an expertly guided tour of Britain's most fascinating mysteries: archaeological sites and artefacts that take us deep into the lives of the many different peoples who have inhabited the island over the millennia. Illustrated with beautiful photographs, the wonders include buried treasure, stone circles and geoglyphs, outdoor places of worship, caves filled with medieval carvings, and enigmatic tools to divine the future. Explore famous sites such as Stonehenge and Glastonbury, but also discover:
The Lindow Man bog body, showing neatly trimmed hair and manicured fingernails despite having been killed 2,000 years ago
The Uffington White Horse, a horse-shaped geoglyph maintained by an unbroken chain of people for 3,000 years
A roman baby's bronze cockerel, an underworld companion for a two-year-old who died sometime between AD 100-200
St Leonard's Ossuary, home to 1,200 skulls and a vast stack of human bones made up of around 2,000 people who died from the 1200s to the 1500s
The Wenhaston Doom painting, an extraordinary medieval depiction of the Last Judgement painted on a chancel arch
Explore Britain's secret history and discover why these places still resonate today.
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Autorenporträt
Broadcaster and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota is a familiar face on TV archaeology programmes, including the cult show Time Team, History Channel's Ancient Impossible, and the Smithsonian Channel hit Mystic Britain. She's written two other popular archaeology books, including Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape. It was shortlisted for Current Archaeology's Book of the Year Award. Mary-Ann also writes regularly for newspapers and magazines on outdoor adventures, anthropology and archaeology, presents documentaries on BBC radio, gives guided walks and performs archaeological storytelling. She's a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a hillwalking ambassador for the British Mountaineering Council and she holds an MA from Cambridge University in Archaeology and Anthropology. Find her at maryannochota.com and on Twitter and Instagram @MaryAnnOchota.
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Introduction Timeline Map Westray Wifey - Westray, Orkney Ness of Brodgar - Mainland, Orkney Tomb of the Eagles - South Ronaldsay, Orkney Sculptor’s Cave - Moray Deskford Carnyx - Moray Ballachulish Figure - West Highlands Towie Stone Ball - Aberdeenshire Tomnaverie Recumbent Stone Circle - Aberdeenshire Aberlemno Pictish Stones – Angus Fortingall Yew - Perthshire Hooded Spirits on Hadrian’s Wall - Northumberland Thornborough Henges - North Yorkshire Rudston Monolith - East Riding of Yorkshire Roos Carr Figurines - East Riding of Yorkshire Ilkley Moor- West Yorkshire Star Carr- North Yorkshire Seahenge - Norfolk Saltfleetby Spindle Whorl - Lincolnshire Snettisham Treasures - Norfolk Must Farm - Cambridgeshire Baldehildis Seal - Norfolk Colchester Face Pot - Essex Grimes Graves - Norfolk Dunwich - Suffolk Wenhaston Doom Painting - Suffolk Troston Demon - Suffolk Sutton Hoo - Suffolk Greensted Church - Essex Guildhall Witch Bottle - London Flag Fen - Cambridgeshire Royston Cave - Hertfordshire Dagenham Idol - Essex Lullingstone Roman Villa - Kent St Martin’s Church - Kent Ringlemere Gold Cup - Kent Langstone Tankard - South Wales St Leonard’s Ossuary - Kent Knowlton Circles - Dorset Stonehenge - Wiltshire Bush Barrow Dagger - Wiltshire Avebury - Wiltshire Silbury Hill - Wiltshire Childrey Warren - Oxfordshire Uffington White Horse - Oxfordshire Headington Mandrake - Oxfordshire Cirencester Mother Goddesses - Gloucestershire Roman Baby’s Cockerel - Gloucestershire The Rollright Witch - Warwickshire Cerne Abbas Giant - Dorset Maiden Castle - Dorset Glastonbury Tor - Somerset Glastonbury Abbey Lady Chapel - Somerset Gough’s Cave Cannibal Cup - Somerset Dartmoor - Devon Trethevy Quoit - Cornwall Men an Tol - Cornwall Tintagel - Cornwall Paviland Cave Burial - South Wales Kilpeck Sheela Na Gig - Herefordshire Preseli Bluestones - Pembrokeshire Penbryn Spoons - Ceredigion Bryn Cader Faner - Gwynedd Tre’r Ceiri - Gwynedd Barclodiad y Gawres and Bryn Celli Ddu - Anglesey Mold Gold Cape - Flintshire Lindow Man Bog Body - Cheshire Staffordshire Hoard - Staffordshire Gosforth Cross - Cumbria Vale of York Viking Hoard - North Yorkshire Sunkenkirk - Cumbria Whithorn Eaves-Drip Burials - Dumfries Kilmartin Glen - Argyll Dunadd - Argyll Cladh Hallan Mummies - South Uist, Outer Hebrides Calanais - Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides Index Further reading Picture credits Acknowledgments