https://www.hugh-willmott.co.uk/about daily 0.75 2026-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/0905d994-3f7e-40e9-ac1f-85bb9e662819/IMG_4655.jpeg About Hugh A woman with red hair and a man with a beard smiling at a table with ancient artifacts, including jewelry and tools, displayed on black mats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/e6e32737-cdb9-4bcd-b314-528c9913b59b/Thornton2.jpg About Hugh Archaeologists excavating an ancient site with ruins and a blue sky overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/0f713192-03cf-4a25-87c3-f29b7235b643/Little+Carlton.jpg About Hugh An aerial view of an archaeological excavation site surrounded by green fields. Several people are working in the excavation area, which is sectioned into trenches. Equipment and materials are scattered around the site, including tools and containers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/48530b5a-4106-46e3-86e9-ab74b791e813/Crowland.jpeg About Hugh Archaeological excavation site in a field with two researchers, digging and examining the soil, surrounded by dug-up earth and excavation tools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/583abb09-2f14-4e3b-925f-83e6018bca45/IMG_5757.jpeg About Hugh Group of people excavating and studying artifacts at an archaeological dig site outdoors surrounded by trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/86a306be-c57b-41c7-a3f8-60ddb9277a43/Dr+Willmott+filming+for+%27Digging+for+Britain%272.jpg About Hugh People working at an archaeological excavation site in an open field with trees in the background. One person is kneeling in the dirt, and another is being interviewed or recorded by a woman holding a microphone. There are cars parked in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/d32b9bba-157f-4b32-b5bf-0516084e231a/Dissolution.jpg About Hugh Book cover titled 'The Dissolution of the Monasteries in England and Wales' by Hugh Willmott, featuring an illustration of a large, historic Gothic-style monastery with a cloudy sky overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/68afbcd0-8a99-451b-b7e1-09e710b1ddd4/13620118_10154336965088988_415431249999148395_n.jpg About Hugh Hugh and student at an archaeological site examining a piece of artefact; Hugh is holding the artefact while the student looks on, both smiling. 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Wright). The hermitage site founded by St Guthlac in AD699, and later medieval monastic landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/e9a96f9e-8ea9-49e3-926f-1227618feaa0/Scremby.jpg Excavations Scremby. Late 5th-6th century Anglo-Saxon cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/5faaac5e-4ba3-40e8-8ea1-b2cd64d54250/Tetney.jpg Excavations Tetney (in collaboration with Historic England). Excavation and analysis of an early Bronze Age timber coffin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/0f713192-03cf-4a25-87c3-f29b7235b643/Little+Carlton.jpg Excavations Little Carlton. Middle Saxon ecclesiastical and high-status settlement and cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/4109c084-6bb2-4491-9ff0-1c27d4608c53/Thornton.jpg Excavations Thornton Abbey. Medieval monastery and post-Dissolution landscape which included a Black Death mass grave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/d548b248-ece7-4693-a08b-fcc90a7c8375/Monk+Bretton.jpg Excavations Monk Bretton Priory. 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Analysis of the remains shows that the individual buried in the coffin was a robust male in his 30s, and strontium and oxygen isotope analysis indicate that he did not grow up in the immediate vicinity. The coffin is formed from a substantial split and hollowed oak log, which has chiselled grooves at either end, still retaining fragments of a securing rope. Dendrochronology and 14C wiggle-matching reveal that the oak was felled in 2032BC and conforms to a well-established Early Bronze Age burial pattern. Plant macrofossils and pollen from within the coffin indicate that the individual was provided with organic bedding and pillow, possibly garlanded and accompanied by other plant offerings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/d32b9bba-157f-4b32-b5bf-0516084e231a/Dissolution.jpg Publications - The Dissolution of the Monasteries in England and Wales Hugh’s most recent book The Dissolution of the Monasteries in England and Wales is available from Equinox Publishing. Nominated as Current Archaeology’s Book of the Year 2022 it has received extremely positive reviews: “This is undoubtedly an important work of scholarship that will be valuable for many years to come.” - Current Archaeology “This is an important and long-needed book covering a very difficult and complex subject.” - Dr Glyn Coppack, Former Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments at English Heritage “This is a work of scholarship that stands out for tackling an important subject that is out of fashion and making it not only interesting but relevant to a wide range of readers.” - Church Archaeology “The Dissolution of the Monasteries in England and Wales is the first full-length archaeological treatment of this subject… it makes an important intervention in a field in which scholars have tended to be reluctant to engage with the dissolution.” - Reformation “What Willmott presents in this book will be invaluable to further work on this interdisciplinary frontier.” - Church History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/c9a2156c-e733-4e89-a021-4010d13d28bb/Glassmaking.png Publications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/76bff3a8-7920-4d57-a563-f2f5219830ed/Vauxhall.jpg Publications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/af9cee13-f129-4449-8ed7-ea0b15f53d36/Gnalic.png Publications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/9de3f5ff-5303-477c-9236-846bd8c0091c/Post-Medieval+glass.jpg Publications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.hugh-willmott.co.uk/public-engagement daily 0.75 2026-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/5ddbe797-5748-42d2-9111-77185784a024/IMG_5671.jpeg Public Engagement Hugh and Alice Roberts on Digging for Britain featuring skeletons, and artefacts, with shelves and display cases in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/e6e32737-cdb9-4bcd-b314-528c9913b59b/Thornton2.jpg Public Engagement Archaeology excavation of ancient ruins with multiple people working, some kneeling or brushing dirt, on a sunny day with blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/0905d994-3f7e-40e9-ac1f-85bb9e662819/IMG_4655.jpeg Public Engagement Alice Roberts and Hugh standing behind a table with various artefacts on black plates in a dimly lit room, with shelves of decorative items in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d56a3e41f3f7048cc494b9/86a306be-c57b-41c7-a3f8-60ddb9277a43/Dr+Willmott+filming+for+%27Digging+for+Britain%272.jpg Public Engagement Hugh at an excavation site with dirt, trees, and parked cars in the background. 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