Romans in Britain
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Interesting item from the BBC: A restored Roman cockerel figurine is the best result from a Cirencester dig in decades, archaeologists have said. The enamelled object, which dates back as far as AD100, was unearthed during a dig in 2011 at a Roman burial site in the town. It has now returned from conservation work…
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From the Daily Post: A BUILDER has been praised by archaeologists for helping save historic Roman finds in Flintshire. Anwyl Construction recently halted work on their major Croes Atti housing development at Oakenholt, near Flint, after uncovering evidence of a Roman era industrial site. The area was cordoned off for three weeks while archaeologists from…
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Interesting item from the Independent hyping something in Current Archaeology … here’s the end bit: […] For decades, archaeologists struggled to date the indigenous communities around the wall because the site yielded very few artefacts. The only way of dating these Roman and pre-Roman Iron Age settlements was to excavate what little there was. Since…
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SE1 seems to be the only outlet reporting on finds dating to Roman times (inter alia) found during construction of the London Bridge Station. Here are the Roman details: “We started with geotechnical works – test pits and boreholes – under the station and along with our historical study that gave us an idea of…
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The incipit of a piece in the Londonist: British archaeology has enjoyed a surge of interest of late, with the recent unearthing of Richard III in a certain Leicester car park. However, one London archaeological site remains in limbo: the Temple of Mithras is still waiting for its new home, as one of the City’s…
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