Flickering Lamps

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past...

Graveyards, urban spaces, old buildings, ruins & more. Articles by Caroline.

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‘Flat-packed furniture for the next life’: Roman funerary bed found in London https://t.co/uc4nzMWxF5

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‘Absolutely amazing’: 1,800-year-old shattered Roman arm guard is reconstructed from 100 pieces https://t.co/zOOdoWmFwS

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‘A Neolithic feat of engineering’: Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge tomb https://t.co/bqu3ow8Gar

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Archaeologists uncover complete Neolithic cursus on the Isle of Arran https://t.co/CxcVv2T8VT

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Rare atlas on show in Leeds for first time https://t.co/li0crxTtI2

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Pennygown: the ruined chapel and medieval effigies of a Hebridean burial ground https://t.co/v6Hk2GNrOO

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New Romney: a thriving medieval port devastated by a storm https://t.co/fgG5R3OcC4

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St George’s Gardens, Bloomsbury: two 18th Century burial grounds https://t.co/hyZjrJe7Qc

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The Steel City’s garden of rest: Sheffield General Cemetery https://t.co/sN71alfGOB

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West Norwood: the first Gothic Revival cemetery https://t.co/xXH6N030tX

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An ancient cemetery in the heart of Greenwich Park https://t.co/MJQhB6RVCQ

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Buried under a boulder: the grave of a Lancashire “witch” https://t.co/kdtrBl9bER

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Ely Place: a street in central London that used to be part of Cambridgeshire https://t.co/hHXVitGBV5

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Winged skulls and hot air balloons: the grave of Étienne-Gaspard Robert, pioneer of phantasmagoria https://t.co/wC9zlR7JWh

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Memento Mori: symbols of death in St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard, Edinburgh https://t.co/d89XWmvXFG

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The cemetery serving a submerged parish: St James, Stocks-in-Bowland https://t.co/2vqZCCmXmt

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The Roman girl buried beneath a London landmark https://t.co/F5XbcwOmSc

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@Alawston It's so evocative! It's also reminding me that it's almost an entire *decade* since I visited Winchester & I really need to rectify this!

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The many reinventions of Winchester Castle’s Great Hall https://t.co/SGtmnNPfeD

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Cross Bones: a modern shrine to old London’s outcast dead https://t.co/CIra7s8wKt

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Exploring the world’s first (and most famous) garden cemetery: Père Lachaise https://t.co/kXzILiHrru