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12 February 2021 Made of solid bronze with wings and holding a flaming, the figurine was discovered in a deposit of charcoal and may have been an offering to the gods. The almost 2,000-year-old figurine depicting Cupid, the Roman God of love was discovered along with a bow-shaped brooch, and a Roman or early Saxon skeleton. The items were found along the proposed 3.4-mile stretch of the new A417 Missing Link route and go some way to showing what life in the area was like thousands of years ago. The Cupid figurine is a rare find, with less than 50 known in the UK, and is one of only th...

The archaeologists at Stonehenge from Wessex Archaeology recently announced the discovery of Neolithic grooved ware pottery, Bronze age graves, the remains of a “mysterious C-shaped enclosure” and a range of ditches. An article in The Guardian says the Neolithic pottery was discovered just to the south of the site of the  Stonehenge visitor center close to the planned western end of the tunnel entrance. The remains of a baby’s ear bones were found in a small, plain pottery beaker, and in a 4,000-year-old Beaker-period burial pit grave nearby a man’s remains and “a unique shale...

The Sparkford to Ilchester scheme will help to improve journey times and reliability on the A303 in Somerset and improve links to Dorset and South West. Picture: Highways England A 'congestion-busting' upgrade to dual the A303 in the South West has been given the green light by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. The upgrade, between Sparkford and Ilchester in Somerset, will tackle congestion on the traffic-clogged single carriageway section of the arterial route. On an average day, the road carries 23,500 vehicles, but numbers increase significantly in the summer, particularly at weekend...

The Sparkford to Ilchester scheme will help to improve journey times and reliability on the A303 in Somerset and improve links to Dorset and South West. Picture: Highways England A 'congestion-busting' upgrade to dual the A303 in the south west has been given the green light by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. The upgrade, between Sparkford and Ilchester in Somerset, will tackle congestion on the traffic-clogged single carriageway section of the arterial route. On an average day, the road carries 23,500 vehicles, but numbers increase significantly in the summer, particularly at weekend...

Highways England welcomes green light for major A303 upgrade Highways England has welcomed today’s go-ahead for a major road upgrade that will transform journeys in the South West and boost the regional economy. From: 29 January 2021 The Sparkford to Ilchester scheme will help to improve journey times and reliability on the A303 in Somerset Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has given the formal green light to a plan to create three miles of high-quality dual carriageway on the A303 in Somerset. The upgrade, between Sparkford and Ilchester, will tackle congestion on the traffic...