A headstone in Falmouth's Jewish Cemetery with an inscription in Hebrew © Historic England

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Contested Heritage

England has a very rich but complex history. Our buildings, monuments and places sometimes bring us face to face with parts of our history that are painful, or shameful by today's standards. We believe the best way to approach sites which have become contested is not to remove them but to provide new layers of meaning, allowing us all to develop a deeper understanding of our often difficult past.

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Dame Kathleen Kenyon pictured kneeling on the ground next to a skeleton during the excavation of the Sutton Walls. The photograph is taken from a height looking down on the grave.

A black and white image of Dame Kathleen Kenyon pictured looking over one of the skeletons discovered during the excavation of the Sutton Walls © Archaeological Journal

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