The brooch was popular among Roman military figures - and was found buried deep in the foundations of an Iron Age settlement in south west Scotland.

Excavations undertaken for McLaughlin & Harvey at William Grant & Sons Girvan Distillery, near Girvan, South Ayrshire, in ...

Archaeologists reveals how a rare enamelled Roman brooch provides insight into how the Britons of Ayrshire interacted with the Roman army ...

The team of archaeologists discovered the remains of a timber roundhouse surrounded by a wooden palisade ... "There was no evidence that the brooch had been worn by a local Briton," he said, according ...

A 37-year-old British tourist was caught by security staff at the Pompeii archaeological site this week when he was scratching his initials into a wall of the Casa delle Vestali. By his own admission, ...

The UK Government has been urged to “do more” to secure the return of a British citizen who has been detained in India for more than seven years. Jagtar Singh Johal’s family celebrated a ...

A mysterious Roman artefact thought to have been buried to defend an iron age house has been found in a new archaeology ...

A British man detained in India for six years without trial over a high-profile corruption case must be released on bail, the Delhi High Court has ruled. Christian James Michel, an arms consultant ...

There was no evidence that it had been worn by a local Briton. Instead, they had buried it as a foundation deposit, a votive sacrifice of sorts, when constructing the timber palisade around their ...

Archaeologists have been probing a mystery which may shed light on the way the ancient people of Scotland interacted with the Roman legions who manned Hadrian’s Wall. During a recent ...

Archaeologists believe the enamelled bronze brooch may have been placed in the foundations of the fortified roundhouse as a ...