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Medieval graffiti that people once carved to try and ‘ward off evil spirits’ has been discovered by archaeologists. Two stones from the remains of a church in Buckinghamshire in the UK had the spooky ...

A campaign has begun to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds to save medieval carvings discovered in a Fenland church. The 12 grotesques, demons and part-human sculptures, were spotted in the nave of ...

In a small Welsh village, Nikki Vousden and Roderick Bale were enjoying an evening stroll in the woods when a rock with strange carvings by the side of a stream caught their attention. Both ...

Nearly 600 ornamental carvings - known as ‘bosses’ - are under inspection at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford. The 576 carvings are spread across four bays of the nave, the main body of the building, ...

These are the stunning medieval carvings found inside a 800-year-old Knights Templar cave deep under a crossroads in a Hertfordshire town centre. The ancient Royston Cave, carved into the chalk ...

Intricate medieval carvings have won a competition to find the country's favourite cathedral treasure. The Leaves of Southwell, at Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire, were selected as the number one ...