Some very useful websites for Armchair Archaeologists
Most areas of interest - prehistory, the Romans etc - have a website of one sort or another. You can google and find them. However, the information they contain may be very patchy. For example, at the time of writing (2017), the 'events' shown on the Prehistoric Society's website date to 2015.
Whether we like it or not, many such societies now maintain Facebook accounts and use these as their main conduit of spreading information.
So you might want to create yourself a Facebook account, if only to find out what's going on in your areas of interest.
I've organised these sites according to the chronological time they explore.
This is not a definitive list - it is a list of sites that I've found very helpful.
Whether we like it or not, many such societies now maintain Facebook accounts and use these as their main conduit of spreading information.
So you might want to create yourself a Facebook account, if only to find out what's going on in your areas of interest.
I've organised these sites according to the chronological time they explore.
This is not a definitive list - it is a list of sites that I've found very helpful.
The Prehistoric Society is a useful Facebook account. Their static website is at www.prehistoricsociety.org/
The Atlas of Hillforts: an interactive website providing hours of pleasure hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/
The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, truly wonderful romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/
Roman Britain, a comprehensive website exploring all evidence for Roman activity roman-britain.co.uk
Interactive map and calculator for travel across the Roman Empire orbis.stanford.edu
Research at Epiacum (Whitley Castle, Alston) www.epiacumheritage.org/research/
Our Migration Stories, a summary of pages that inform about waves of migration to Britain in the Common Era. Slightly irritatingly right-on in my opinion, but has useful basic information nonetheless www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/
Medieval fortifications www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/home.html
Pele / Peel Towers and Bastle Houses, from the same website as above www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Indexs/EngCounty/EPT.html
Pele / Peel Towers and Bastle Houses, from the same website as above www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Indexs/EngCounty/EPT.html