Archaeological Sites in England

From the enigmatic Stonehenge in the south to the monumental Hadrian's Wall in the north, archaeology in England is as rich through time as it is in geographical distribution. The earliest evidence of humans dates back to before the Last Glacial period. Beginning just before the end of the Ice Age and on into the Medieval period, there were successive arrivals of people and new ways of living: the first farmers, the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons, all creating the temporal and spatial diversity of archaeological sites we can visit today. Read more about Archaeology in England.

Find Archaeological Sites by Region in England

For our list of recommended archaelogical sites click the region on the map or use the list on the left.

England has 48 counties. We have grouped them as follows:

North West (Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire)
North East (Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear)
Isle of Man, an island between Great Britain and Ireland
Yorkshire (North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire)
West Midlands (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire)
East Midlands (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire)
East of England (Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk)
London (City of London and Greater London)
South West (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Isles of Scilly)
South East (Sussex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey)