Centre for Battlefield Archaeology

20/05/2026

Thanks to Andy Saunders for posting this.

A sweeping enforcement action under France’s heritage law has led to the seizure of 25,000 artifacts and will force the closure of Romagne 14-18, a major private World War I museum run by Dutch collector Jean-Paul de Vries in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, in northern France, NOS reported. The museum, w...

17/05/2026

The four pound bronze cannonball may have been fired at the Alamo by the Mexican Army.

14/05/2026

With everything telling me Loudon Hill should be next in line, once imminent retirement gifts me the time, here’s a 5 minute take on Bannockburn.

The Battle of Bannockburn is one of the most famous battles in Scottish history, but there is still real debate about where it was actually fought. For years...

07/05/2026

Latest offering from The Wars Beneath Our Feet has just been released (I can't bring myself to say dropped...oh) on YouTube. Please like and subscribe so we can do more of this. Camera work on this one by the very talented Maria Pollard.

It might come as a surprise to learn that the precise location of the 1314 Battle ofBannockburn, which is probably the most famous battle fought in Scotland,...

30/04/2026

A busy day creating content (as the young folks say) for next episode of The Wars Beneath Our Feet. Maria did a Stirling job on camera. Same can’t be said for my drone piloting. There’s another clue as to location over shoulder.

26/04/2026

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a71095881/revolutionary-war-barracks-remnants-uncovered/?fbclid=IwZnRzaARbSA9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEemTqJmRwqo0KIF7I0-670ob_UrOywV1Lr0mZVLJljEJvm4bcpAXFMmxUFxd8_aem_eZPW_x5zvhn01lGT-4LFBA

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

24/04/2026

A few of our now 1000 subscribers have asked who the Jacobites were, so here’s a short primer. Late next week on The Wars Beneath Our Feet we’re walking our battle boots over another Scottish battlefield.

Who Were The Jacobites | Prof Tony Pollard

21/04/2026

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1w41ydpgj3o

Sqn Ldr George Morley Fidler was shot down over France on 19 May 1940, historians say.

19/04/2026

Trigger warning! Another short on Culloden has dropped.

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16/04/2026

Looking out of my hotel room in Weimar at Goethe’s house across the square. It’s been a long day but not as long as it was in 1746. If you enjoyed today’s video or haven’t watched it, here’s 3 mins with a vital takeaway. Please like, subscribe & comment on the YouTube page so we can do more of this.

This is a 3 minute excerpt from the longer documentary on the 280th anniversary of the battle, focuses on Culloden (16th April 1746)