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Mike Pitts

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The United Kingdom

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https://mikepitts.wordpress.com/

Genre

Science, Archaeology

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Archeologist, who also writes as Michael W. Pitts.

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Stonehenge, the Washingtons and New York

Garsdon church: photo MB-E1, Find A Grave

How many Americans know that their first president’s family once owned Stonehenge? It’s quite a story.

George Washington numbered among his ancestors Sir Lawrence Washington, owner of the West Amesbury Estate which included Stonehenge. His son by the same name, who inherited the estate, was interviewed by John Aubrey, antiquary, and is mentioned by I

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Mike Pitts’s books

Average rating: 3.98 · 1,240 ratings · 244 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King 3.92 avg rating — 768 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digging Up Britain: Ten Discoveries, a Million Years of History 4.22 avg rating — 151 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hengeworld: Life in Britain 2000 BC as Revealed by the Latest Discoveries at Stonehenge, Avebury and Stanton Drew 3.96 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Build Stonehenge 4.05 avg rating — 73 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fairweather Eden: Life Half a Million Years Ago As Revealed by the Excavations at Boxgrove 3.87 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digging Up Britain A New History in Ten Extraordinary Discoveries (Paperback) /anglais 4.12 avg rating — 51 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Build Stonehenge: 'A gripping archaeological detective story' The Sunday Times 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King Hardcover November 11, 2014 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Avebury and Stonehenge: the Greatest Stone Circles in the World 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“because if he found the church, I could look for the grave. And if I found the grave, he’d found the church. So we kind of did it on that basis.’ Putting it like that, if she found the grave, whether or not they found the church seemed not really to matter.”
― Mike Pitts, Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King

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“Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, found ‘something admirable, indeed noble, about the people arguing over Richard III. They’re doers rather than naysayers, romantics rather than realists.’46”
― Mike Pitts, Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King

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“said Philippa, ‘if you have a dream, fight for it. But more than that, instil in others your belief and your passion, and by doing that you’ll create a team.”
― Mike Pitts, Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King

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