Comments - WALKING THROUGH THE HISTORY of the BRITISH ISLES - Gaia Community2024-03-29T11:58:07Zhttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=5313775%3ABlogPost%3A20589&xn_auth=noA wealthy Roman trading tow…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2022-01-11:5313775:Comment:1284272022-01-11T08:59:44.393ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p class="dcr-o5gy41">A wealthy Roman trading town, whose inhabitants adorned themselves with jewellery and ate from fine pottery, has been discovered half a metre below the surface of a remote field in Northamptonshire.</p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41">A 10-metre-wide Roman road, domestic and industrial buildings, more than 300 coins and at least four…</p>
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<p class="dcr-o5gy41">A wealthy Roman trading town, whose inhabitants adorned themselves with jewellery and ate from fine pottery, has been discovered half a metre below the surface of a remote field in Northamptonshire.</p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41">A 10-metre-wide Roman road, domestic and industrial buildings, more than 300 coins and at least four wells have been unearthed at the site, where 80 archaeologists have been working for the past 12 months.</p>
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<p class="dcr-o5gy41">The field, on the Northamptonshire-Oxfordshire border, lies on the route of the <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/hs2">HS2</a></strong> rail network under construction between London and Birmingham. It is one of more than 100 archaeological sites that have been examined along the route since 2018, and among the most significant findings to date. <span>“This is certainly one of the most impressive sites [we have] discovered while working on the HS2 scheme,” </span><span>said James West, of Mola Headland Infrastructure, which has managed the excavation. The presence of an archaeological site in the area has been known since the 18th century, but the findings during the dig surpassed experts’ expectations.<br/><br/></span></p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41">“This is certainly one of the most impressive sites [we have] discovered while working on the HS2 scheme,” said West. “Uncovering such a well-preserved and large Roman road, as well as so many high-quality finds, has been extraordinary and tells us so much about the people who lived here. The site really does have the <strong>potential to <a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bucky-s-visual-literacy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transform our understanding</a> of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/11/roman-town-found-northamptonshire-field-hs2-route" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roman landscape in the region and beyond</a></strong>.”</p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41">An iron age village, formed of more than 30 roundhouses, stood on the site at the time of the Roman invasion in 43BC. During the period of the Roman occupation, which lasted until AD410, the settlement expanded and became more prosperous.</p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41">New stone buildings were constructed in distinct domestic, agricultural and industrial areas of the settlement. In the latter, archaeologists have uncovered evidence of workshops and kilns, where activities such as metalwork, bread-making and pottery took place.</p>
<p class="dcr-o5gy41">The main road – which West described as “a Roman dual carriageway” – indicates that the town was a trading hub, with carts coming and going to load and unload goods. Most Roman roads were 4-5 metres wide, “so this is really impressive”. The nearby River Cherwell was another trading route to and from the settlement.</p>
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<p class="dcr-o5gy41"></p> [IT] was a family ramble th…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2021-11-25:5313775:Comment:1276202021-11-25T10:13:21.671ZMichael Grovehttps://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> [IT] was <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/nov/25/archaeologists-examine-roman-villa-discovered-beneath-rutland-farmers-field" rel="noopener" target="_blank">a family ramble through fields during</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> lockdown last year that led to an “oh wow…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> [IT] was <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/nov/25/archaeologists-examine-roman-villa-discovered-beneath-rutland-farmers-field" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a family ramble through fields during</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> lockdown last year that led to an “oh wow moment”: </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> the discovery of a <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/25/rare-mosaic-owned-roman-stephen-fry-discovered-farmers-field/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Roman villa complex</strong></a> containing </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> a </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">rare mosaic depicting Homer’s The Iliad, now </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> thought to be one of the most remarkable and </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> significant finds of its kind in Britain.</span></p>
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<p> <span style="font-size: 18pt;">Never forgetting the influence that was manifested</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> by <strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/main/search/search?q=Roman+Britain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the legacy which the Romans left the isles of </a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/main/search/search?q=Roman+Britain" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> our 'Land of TIN' Britannia with</a></strong></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> !!! • much more</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> so, I would suggest than the land of ROME which</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> has now been <strong>subsumed by the so-called idl</strong> of</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> the</span> <span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><em>supposed</em> European Union</strong>.<br/><br/></span></p>
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