Romans in Britain
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Definitely an interesting one from the Hinckley Times: A child’s coffin, believed to date from Roman times, has been unearthed at a field in Witherley. The lead box, less than 1m long, was found by amateur treasure hunters using metal detectors on Sunday. Archaeologists exhumed the coffin yesterday (Thursday) and transported it to Warwick for…
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Yesterday we had a BBC piece detailing the discovery of a number of possible Roman skulls in the Walbrook River area (Possible Pile of Roman Skulls) but today we see headlines connecting them with Boudicca, alas (dead Romans? must be Boudicca’s fault). Seems a passing remark by one of the archaeologists was given greater focus…
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The latest items of possible interest from the Crossrails project … from the BBC: Archaeologists working with London’s Crossrail project have uncovered 20 skulls believed to be from the Roman period. It is likely the bones were washed from a nearby burial site along one of London’s “lost” rivers – the Walbrook. Since the Crossrail…
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From the News comes another tale of clumsy archaeologists: Buried a few feet under a garden in the centre of Havant, archaeologists stumbled upon a Roman well filled with coins and a bronze ring with a carving of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea. Perhaps most intriguing was the discovery of eight dog skeletons…
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From the Leighton Buzzard Observer: The remains of an ancient Roman vineyard have been discovered on a site being developed by a housebuilder in Leighton Buzzard. Archaeologists found the 2,000-year-old vineyard at the new Persimmon Homes site at Grovebury Farm, Grovebury Road. Archaeology and historic buildings consultant Duncan Hawkins, who led the investigations at the…
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