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A new excavation has revealed that an 8th century monastery in Berkshire could have been an important trade hub to London. The Anglo-Saxon monastery was rediscovered by Reading archaeologists in 2021 ...

The site of a lost Anglo Saxon monastery, which may hold the grave of the powerful queen who founded it, has been rediscovered in the heart of the Berkshire village of Cookham. Its most famous ...

The excavation site lies next to Holy Trinity Church in the English village of Cookham. Courtesy of the University of Reading Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a long-lost monastery where ...

University of Reading archaeologists have made a "breakthrough discovery," solving a mystery that has "puzzled" historians for years. They discovered a "lost" monastery in the Berkshire village of ...