Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society

18/06/2026

Wessex Archaeology suspect they have uncovered a prototype for world-famous Stonehenge site in Wiltshire

18/06/2026

British Museum launches Bayeux Around Britain with over 60 partners, plus live-streamed schools broadcast and free lunches for school visitors.

18/06/2026

‘𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’
Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies

The Major oak, one of Europe’s oldest, largest and most celebrated ancient trees, has died.

The huge tree, which has grown in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, for at least 1,000 years, failed to produce any leaves this year, after becoming stressed by a series of hot, dry summers.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/most-famous-tree-world-sherwood-forest-ancient-major-oak-dies

18/06/2026

𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗲, 𝗥𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲, 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲
Archaeological Evaluation

Trenches 11, 12, 13, 15, 17 and 18 all recorded archaeological features of potential early Roman date. Probable boundary ditches were recorded in Trenches 12, 13 and 18, while Trench 17 contained four such features, two intercutting. One ditch in Trench 17 produced three abraded sherds of probable early Roman pottery, while another yielded a worked flint, possibly residual in context, and the ditch in Trench 13 produced a fragment of probable Roman tile.

https://doi.org/10.5284/1025769

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18/06/2026

Ever wondered why Bar Street in Scarborough has that name? It is taken from the main gate (or Bar) into Scarborough that was first built in the second half of the twelfth century where Bar Street meets Newborough.

Known as Newborough Bar it went through several incarnations until its demolition in the late nineteenth century. You can read more about the gate in our "Guide to Historic Scarborough" by following this link to our archive:

https://archive.org/details/scarborough055/page/14/mode/2up

18/06/2026

𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁: 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗺𝗮𝗻

‘What is the most common misconception about my field? That Rome “fell” because of the barbarians.’

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/interview/spot-michelle-renee-salzman

18/06/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘂𝘇

Looking for a new route to Jerusalem, medieval crusaders turned to the Strait of Hormuz.

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/crusade-hormuz

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆
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