A St Aldhelm’s Head mystery

Laid to rest in a shallow grave lined with stones beneath a wooden board and sealed under a slab of Purbeck marble carved with an ornamental cross, who was the unknown woman buried close to the 12th century chapel at St Aldhelm’s Head?

Handaxe of the pre-humans

This flint handaxe is one of the earliest known tools ever made by our evolutionary forebears – and it turned up on Swanage Beach, found there recently by a passer-by close to the Mowlem Theatre. It was handed in anonymously to Swanage Museum, where it is now on display. Local enthusiasts suspected it could be Read More…