A farmer at the centre of a long running planning dispute has applied to plough an ancient monument on the South Downs. Gerald West has asked Culture Secretary Chris Smith for permission to work a ...
This is the main beam of an ancient plough. It is thought to be the oldest wooden plough found in Ireland, dating to 1050-1230AD. It was discovered in 1957 by James Taylor of Drumlee. After being ...
FERNAND BRAUDEL, a renowned French historian, once described a remarkable transformation in the society of ancient Mesopotamia. Sometime before the end of the fifth millennium BC, he wrote, the ...