Time Team Finds a Roman Villa!
Image via Wikipedia But we have to wait a while for the television program: A GLIMPSE of life under the Romans has been unearthed by TV star Tony Robinson and his Time Team archaeologists in the village of Castor. Filming in the historic grounds of St Kyneburgha Church for the BBC show, to be broadcast [...]
Gladiator Graveyard?
From the Times … seems to be hyping an upcoming TV documentary: Archaeologists believe that they may have discovered a Roman gladiator cemetery near York city centre. About 80 remains have been found since the investigation began in 2004, with more than half of them decapitated. Researchers believe they may form part of the world’s [...]
Survey in the Wake of Floods in West Cumbria
Image via Wikipedia Roman finds uncovered by the floods of last November have excited archaeologists – and are set for a major investigation. The remains of a Roman fort at Papcastle have been open for several years, but nobody has ever known the shape of local roads, the size of the civilian settlement attached to [...]
“Rude” Roman Pots?
One that was lost in t shuffle last week: WORK on the £11.6 million revamp of Canterbury’s prestigious Beaney Institute has ground to a halt – because of Roman pornography. Archaeologists are racing against time to recover lost evidence beneath the city’s streets before the builders return. Among the artefacts already uncovered are saucy carvings [...]
Boudicca at Calleva Atrebatum?
Calleva seems to be an awfully interesting dig … last time we heard about it, it was about the ‘puppy skin’ trade. Now we hear of Boudicca’s possible involvement there: Professor Michael Fulford said that 13 years of excavations at Calleva had revealed evidence of the first gridded Iron Age town in Britain. The site [...]
Roman Temple in Southwell (Iterum)
This one seems to be making the rounds again: Remains unearthed in Nottinghamshire could be an unknown Roman temple, archaeologists have claimed. Excavations on the Minster C of E School site in Southwell between September 2008 and May 2009 revealed walls, ditches and ornate stones. The team analysing the finds said the shape and quality [...]
Roman Altar Stones from Musselburgh
Image via Wikipedia Interesting item from the BBC: Roman altar stones dating back almost 2000 years have been found at a cricket pavilion in Musselburgh, East Lothian. The stones have been described as the most significant find of their kind in the past 100 years. Renovations were planned at the pavilion but archaeologists had to [...]
Looking For Roman Lincoln
Work has begun on a new archeological dig in Lincoln, which could reveal more about the city’s rich Roman heritage. Excavation at the site, whose exact location is being kept a secret to deter looters, is currently underway, and is expected to take place for around eight weeks. It is being reported that evidence of [...]
Work on Kemble Mosaic Resumes
I don’t think we covered the original discovery of this one (Adrian Murdoch did): ARCHAEOLOGICAL work to determine the full extent of a massive Roman mosaic uncovered in a Cotswold field will resume shortly. Metal detector enthusiasts Paul Ballinger and John Carter uncovered a section of the ancient mosaic in January last year in a [...]
Citanda: Roman Finds from Kent
Assorted small finds found during road construction; not much emphasis on the Roman, other than in the headline: Roman finds made during work on access road | Kent News.
Warwickshire Hoard
Not sure if we’ve mentioned this one before; it seems to have been found a year or so ago: Historians investigating a hoard of Roman coins unearthed in south Warwickshire are hoping to ensure they remain in the county – and to solve the mystery of who buried them. The cache of 1,146 silver denarii [...]
Roman Quern Stone
A ROMAN quern stone discovered near Chaigley has sparked excitement in archaeological circles. The stone was taken into Ribchester Roman Museum’s ‘Finds Day’ on Saturday by a local woman and Curator Patrick Tostevin says it was definitely “the highlight of the day.” “It is the sort of object that would suggest there might be some [...]
Roman Road Survey
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are surveying a newly-discovered Roman road. The history of the road, which runs from Winchester to Chichester, is to be investigated and people are invited to get involved in a field visit. People wanting to get a closer look at the ancient road should attend a workshop on Saturday March 20, held at the [...]
Colchester Roman Circus Saved?
The campaigners have reached their goal … does this mean that the Circus is saved or are there other hurdles? Campaigners in Colchester hit their target yesterday of raising £200,000 towards saving the only Roman chariot-racing circus ever found in Britain. Nothing remains above ground except a few stones, but the campaigners aim to buy [...]
Roman Soldier’s Hoard?
Not quite sure of the ‘military’ claim here: A hoard of 208 coins found in a Suffolk field could have belonged to a retired Roman soldier. The collection of silver denarii coins was discovered in an undisclosed area of north Suffolk last spring, an inquest heard. Greater Suffolk Coroner Peter Dean determined the find to [...]
Restoring Jupiter
Interesting item: IT IS almost 2,000 years old and was thought to have been lost forever, but now an ancient Roman bust is being preserved for future generations. Conservationists have begun the painstaking process of restoring a marble carving of the Roman god Jupiter which has been rediscovered at Fountains Abbey, near Ripon. The piece [...]
Roman Ring and Gemstone Find
This just in: A GOLD ring and a gemstone found in a field near Upton Grey date back to Roman times, an inquest in Basingstoke heard. The ring dates back to the third century, and the gemstone from the first or second century. They were found on January 18 last year by Martin Barker, a [...]
What’s (in) a Roman Urn?
Interesting find/followup: THE Romans had something to declare at Exeter Airport – 2,000 years after they arrived in Devon.Passing through customs was a very old pot that the visitors had left behind during their stay in the county some time in the mid-70s AD.The black-burnished urn was dug up during an archaeological dig in Cullompton [...]
Guernsey’s Roman Shipwreck
From the BBC (January 27): Dr Margaret Rule clearly remembers receiving a phone call from diver Richard Keen on Christmas Day 1982 saying he had found a ship wreck. The ship was located in the mouth of St Peter Port and was suspected to be a medieval barge. Closer inspection in summer 1983 revealed it [...]
A Roman Burial From Weston
From the BBC … I don’t think we mentioned its original discovery: A Roman skeleton, which was found in Weston-super-Mare last autumn, has been dated by archaeological experts. The find at Weston College is described as an adult male of slender build, aged between 36 and 45 and of “smaller stature than the Roman average”. [...]
Samian Ware from Impington
From the BBC: Archaeological excavations at the site of a former plant nursery, set to be developed for housing, have found evidence of Iron Age and Roman use. The dig at the former Unwins Nursery at Impington, Cambridgeshire, found occupation dating from about 100BC with evidence of an Iron Age roundhouse. The site was developed [...]
Hadrian’s Wooden Wall?
Very interesting item from the Hexham Courant: A HEXHAM archaeologist has challenged perceived wisdom with startling claims that Hadrian’s Wall was originally built of wood. In a 65,000 word thesis published on his website, Geoff Carter says his hypothesis answers some age-old questions. Archaeologists have long wondered why the ditch that runs parallel is several [...]
Pre Roman Silchester
I’m kind of surprised this hasn’t received a lot more media attention: an ongoing dig at Silchester (ancient Calleva Atrebatum) reveals evidence of a planned city with a possible population of 10,000 or more prior to the arrival of the Romans. Mike Fulford — who has been digging at the site for years — dixit [...]
Shrine to Jupiter Dolichenus
Very interesting find at Vindolanda of a large shrine to Jupiter Dolichenus with a Latin inscription; quotes from Andrew Birley have appeared in a number of newspapers: What should have been part of the rampart mound near to the north gate of the fort has turned out to be an amazing religious shrine …There is [...]
Another Arthur Link?
From a press release via Earthtimes: Researcher David Xavier Kenney discovered the inscriptions on the 2nd to 3rd century artifact which was found on a hilltop in Norfolk County, England and is part of his collection. Among the revelations on the lance head (or contos head) is that the real King Arthur may have been [...]
