Clinical scale targeted excavations by the National Trust aimed to date the Cerne Giant by OSL. The research provided an unexpected Saxon date, land-use history and ominous ‘disappearance’ of the Giant for six centuries, provide the platform for reconsideration and new discussion and debate … including some stunning discoveries.

Hear about the Urban borehole surveys and revised chronology which has major implications for our understanding of early urbanism in central Italy.

The monumental cross slab at Forres, Moray, at 6.5m high, displays the most graphic visual record of a Viking military onslaught in Britain. Recent carbon dating places its erection in the later ninth century, and new drawings indicate Viking funeral practice. The Bible, old Welsh and Irish literature provide a narrative to the heroic and grisly feats depicted.