Romans in Britain
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From the Daily Post: ARCHEOLOGISTS will follow a buried Roman road in the hope they will find an ancient fort. The Gwynedd Archaeology Trust completed a major dig at the Tai Cochion site near the village of Brynsiencyn, Anglesey, 18 months ago. They discovered the site was an important Roman village with the remains of…
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In medias res of a lengthy article in the Henley Standard about a proposed hospital building site: […] An excavation 200m east of the hospital site found chalk foundations of a “substantial” rectangular Roman building and some Roman pottery. A Roman coin was found 180m north of the site. Mr Oram said: “The Roman settlement…
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The BBC’s coverage of that curse tablet that was recently looked at by Roger Tomlin hinted that more work might be done on it (A Roman Curse Tablet from Kent (and a Phylactery from West Deeping)), and now we hear that there will be … from Kent Online: Work to conserve a Roman scroll believed…
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Forgot to mention this one from the BBC last week: An archaeologist in Northumberland has uncovered more of a Roman water system first found by his grandfather. Dr Andrew Birley and a team of volunteers have been excavating land surrounding Vindolanda fort just south of Hadrian’s Wall. The project to discover and record the pipework…
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From a University of Exeter news release: Excavations are underway to unearth the mysteries of Devon’s newly discovered settlement dating back to Roman times. Following the recent discovery of over 100 Roman coins in fields several miles west of Exeter, evidence of an extensive settlement including roundhouses, quarry pits and track ways was found from…
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