It has been argued that during the Middle Ages, up to 85% of the population were peasants. Their working day was long, hard, and extremely difficult. For some their day of backbreaking labour could ...

The remnants of a large late-Viking-age hall were recently uncovered by a volunteer archaeology group at a farm in Silloth, ...

Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be a Viking-age building in a recent dig. Teams of volunteers dug up High Tarns Farm in Silloth, Cumbria, in July after crop marks indicated a ...