Broadcaster and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota is a familiar face on TV archaeology programmes, including the cult show Time Team, History Channel’s Ancient Impossible, and the Smithsonian Channel hit Mystic Britain.

She’s written two other popular archaeology books, including Hidden Histories: A Spotter’s Guide to the British Landscape. It was shortlisted for Current Archaeology’s Book of the Year Award. Mary-Ann also writes regularly for newspapers and magazines on outdoor adventures, anthropology and archaeology, presents documentaries on BBC radio, gives guided walks and performs archaeological storytelling. She’s a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a hillwalking ambassador for the British Mountaineering Council and she holds an MA from Cambridge University in Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Introduction
Timeline
Map
Westray Wifey - Westray, Orkney
Ness of Brodgar - Mainland, Orkney
Tomb of the Eagles - South Ronaldsay, Orkney
Sculptor’s Cave - Moray
Deskford Carnyx - Moray
Ballachulish Figure - West Highlands
Towie Stone Ball - Aberdeenshire
Tomnaverie Recumbent Stone Circle - Aberdeenshire
Aberlemno Pictish Stones – Angus
Fortingall Yew - Perthshire
Hooded Spirits on Hadrian’s Wall - Northumberland
Thornborough Henges - North Yorkshire
Rudston Monolith - East Riding of Yorkshire
Roos Carr Figurines - East Riding of Yorkshire
Ilkley Moor- West Yorkshire
Star Carr- North Yorkshire
Seahenge - Norfolk
Saltfleetby Spindle Whorl - Lincolnshire
Snettisham Treasures - Norfolk
Must Farm - Cambridgeshire
Baldehildis Seal - Norfolk
Colchester Face Pot - Essex
Grimes Graves - Norfolk
Dunwich - Suffolk
Wenhaston Doom Painting - Suffolk
Troston Demon - Suffolk
Sutton Hoo - Suffolk
Greensted Church - Essex
Guildhall Witch Bottle - London
Flag Fen - Cambridgeshire
Royston Cave - Hertfordshire
Dagenham Idol - Essex
Lullingstone Roman Villa - Kent
St Martin’s Church - Kent
Ringlemere Gold Cup - Kent
Langstone Tankard - South Wales
St Leonard’s Ossuary - Kent
Knowlton Circles - Dorset
Stonehenge - Wiltshire
Bush Barrow Dagger - Wiltshire
Avebury - Wiltshire
Silbury Hill - Wiltshire
Childrey Warren - Oxfordshire
Uffington White Horse - Oxfordshire
Headington Mandrake - Oxfordshire
Cirencester Mother Goddesses - Gloucestershire
Roman Baby’s Cockerel - Gloucestershire
The Rollright Witch - Warwickshire
Cerne Abbas Giant - Dorset
Maiden Castle - Dorset
Glastonbury Tor - Somerset
Glastonbury Abbey Lady Chapel - Somerset
Gough’s Cave Cannibal Cup - Somerset
Dartmoor - Devon
Trethevy Quoit - Cornwall
Men an Tol - Cornwall
Tintagel - Cornwall
Paviland Cave Burial - South Wales
Kilpeck Sheela Na Gig - Herefordshire
Preseli Bluestones - Pembrokeshire
Penbryn Spoons - Ceredigion
Bryn Cader Faner - Gwynedd
Tre’r Ceiri - Gwynedd
Barclodiad y Gawres and Bryn Celli Ddu - Anglesey
Mold Gold Cape - Flintshire
Lindow Man Bog Body - Cheshire
Staffordshire Hoard - Staffordshire
Gosforth Cross - Cumbria
Vale of York Viking Hoard - North Yorkshire
Sunkenkirk - Cumbria
Whithorn Eaves-Drip Burials - Dumfries
Kilmartin Glen - Argyll
Dunadd - Argyll
Cladh Hallan Mummies - South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Calanais - Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Index
Further reading
Picture credits
Acknowledgments