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Great bustard

The Great Bustard is the worldês heaviest flying bird. Bustards became extinct in England because their habitat was destroyed and Victorian collectors shot large numbers for sport. This specimen...

Painting of Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Abbey was once the wealthiest monastic house in England. When it was dissolved in 1539 its buildings were plundered and quickly became ruinous. George Arnald presents the abbey as...

Low Ham mosaic

This Roman mosaic is the oldest object in Britain to tell a complete story. It was made for the bath complex at Low Ham Roman villa in about AD 350....

Allerton Cope

A cope is a long cloak worn by a priest or bishop. The Allerton cope is made of silk and decorated with English embroidery in silver gilt and silk thread....

Carved panel

This panel was probably made for Taunton Priory. It includes the arms of Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, and the initials of William Yorke, Prior of Taunton. Yorke was nominated...

Helmet

This steel 'pot' or helmet was found at Nunney and was probably used there by a pikeman in the Parliamentary army. It features a horizontal ridge, and furrow and ridge...

Axe

Found at Wrington in North Somerset, this palstave (axe) is part of a hoard comprising two palstaves and a socketed hammer. The items are more than 3,000 years old....

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