Miles Russell

Dr Miles Russell is a principal academic in prehistoric and Roman archaeology at Bournemouth University and is co-director of the Durotriges Project, investigating the transition from the Iron Age to Roman period in SW Britain

He is the author of seventeen books, including Caratacus: Great King of Britain, The Piltdown Man Hoax: Case Closed, UnRoman Britain (with Stuart Laycock), Hillforts and the Durotriges (with Dave Stewart), Arthur and the Kings of Britain, Roman Sussex, Prehistoric Sussex, Bignor Roman Villa (with David Rudling), Monuments of the British Neolithic, Bloodline: the Celtic Kings of Roman Britain, Flint Mines in Neolithic Britain, Rough Quarries Rocks and Hills, Piltdown Man: the Secret Life of Charles Dawson, Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction, and numerous other papers and journal articles

He is a regular contributor to television and radio, his most recent appearances being in Time Team, Timewatch, The Seven Ages of Britain, Museum Discoveries, Mysteries in the Landscape, the One Show, Digging for Britain, History's Greatest Hoaxes, Sacred Wonders of Britain, Operation Stonehenge: what lies beneath, Secrets from the Sky and Underground Britain