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![Gloucester Cathedral- ‘memento mori’ carved bone rosary bead unearthed during Project Pilgrim](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gloucester-cathedral-‘memento-mori’-carved-bone-rosary-bead-unearthed-during-project-pilgrim-600x480.jpg)
The bead is a carved bone pendant terminal from a rosary, a string of beads used in the recitation of a series of prayers within the Roman Catholic faith.
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First results from our specialist are in!
![Archaeological Excavation - Gloucester Cathedral - adjacent to the South Porch is under way](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/archaeological-excavation-gloucester-cathedral-adjacent-to-the-south-porch-is-under-way-600x480.jpg)
The cold weather has not deterred our hardy team of archaeologists!
![Meet our expanding team of Field Archaeologists in Milton Keynes](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/meet-our-expanding-team-of-field-archaeologists-in-milton-keynes-600x480.jpg)
A warm welcome to Peter, Eri, Josh and Karen who have recently joined our expanding team of Field Archaeologists in Milton Keynes.
![Gloucester Cathedral- ‘memento mori’ carved bone rosary bead unearthed during Project Pilgrim](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gloucester-cathedral-‘memento-mori’-carved-bone-rosary-bead-unearthed-during-project-pilgrim-600x480.jpg)
A Janus faced late medieval 'memento mori' rosary bead has been unearthed…
![Archaeological finds on display from both the Western and Eastern Expansion Areas, Milton Keynes](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/archaeological-finds-on-display-from-both-the-western-and-eastern-expansion-areas-milton-keynes-600x480.jpg)
Milton Keynes' free Archaeology Day returned for its tenth year on Saturday 12 November at Milton Keynes' Central Library
![This ledgerstone was uncovered in land lying within a couple of metres of the existing cathedral wall](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/this-ledgerstone-was-uncovered-in-land-lying-within-a-couple-of-metres-of-the-existing-cathedral-wall-600x480.jpg)
This ledgerstone was uncovered in land lying within a couple of metres of the existing cathedral wall and appears to commemorate the interment of three family members between the late 17th and early 18th centuries
![Results are in for Small bone objects unearthed during archaeological evaluation at Gloucester Cathedral](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/results-are-in-for-small-bone-objects-unearthed-during-archaeological-evaluation-at-gloucester-cathedral-600x480.jpg)
The go-ahead has been given to start our archaeological excavation in Upper College Green
![Andy Nettleton from our Milton Keynes Archaeology Team is pictured revealing a stunning wooden block](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/andy-nettleton-from-our-milton-keynes-archaeology-team-is-pictured-revealing-a-stunning-wooden-block-1024x768-1-600x480.jpg)
Andy Nettleton from our Milton Keynes Team is pictured finding a stunning wooden block. Accompanied by the associated wooden pin and remnants of twine it appears to have been a pulley or shackle device.
![Meet new members of our growing Milton Keynes Field Archaeology Team](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/meet-new-members-of-our-growing-milton-keynes-field-archaeology-team-1024x768-1-600x480.jpg)
Our Milton Keynes Team of Field Archaeologists is expanding again!
![Archaeological Excavation - Romano-British farmstead Milton Keynes](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/archaeological-excavation-romano-british-farmstead-milton-keynes-600x480.jpg)
Catherine is shown investigating cobbles and, potentially, walls beneath a layer of pitched stones.
![Border Archaeology staff reveal a largely intact cow skeleton deposited within a Romano-British refuse pit](https://www.borderarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/border-archaeology-staff-reveal-a-largely-intact-cow-skeleton-deposited-within-a-romano-british-refuse-pit-600x480.jpg)
Border Archaeology staff recently revealed a largely intact cow skeleton deposited within a Romano-British refuse pit at one of our Milton Keynes sites, excavated in advance of a housing development.