That set him off on a lifetime of exploring and acquiring old maps. “I don’t like later maps that show all he roads and all the towns and every county. I like the early maps that have almost ...

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Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, said: "This is one of the most important and exciting Iron Age period discoveries made in the UK. "It sheds new light on Iron Age life in the ...