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@romanpalace in the house! Placement student Keir is going to digitise and geolocate the original 1960s excavation plans. If he can figure out the imperial to metric scale conversion…
And in Hampshire, culture dies
@Hantsconnect cuts £600,000 of funding per year to the charity @HantsCulture
Heritage sites, arts centres and museums, including the unique Iron Age @AndoverMuseum are to close
A greater act of vandalism by a County Council is hard to imagine 😡
What has Matt found?
Day 2 of our dig this weekend in Dorset (15-17 Sept).
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The amazing Hod Hill fort eastern gateway earthworks. Fun fact: ballistas were positioned at the gates to fire upon the (predominantly) unshielded right sides of attackers #romanfortthursday
Desperately seeking Graham Webster’s Waddon Hill Roman fort excavation archive. It’s not in the obvious places. Any leads appreciated! #RomanFortThursday
@Durotrigesdig It’s not at @DorsetMuseum or @BridportMuseum, but would be grateful if someone could double check. @UniofExeter is the next most likely candidate, but I’ve made a couple of enquiries and it’s not looking promising 😑
Searching for a cellar in #Wareham this morning using ground penetrating radar with @BU_ArchAnth & @thetimeteam’s @derekpitman. Thanks @geofizzboy for your tips!
The NW corner and platform of a #Roman auxilliary fort preserved at Ilkley #WestYorkshire
Founded in the late 1st century AD and rebuilt in stone during early 3rd, the base slumbers peacefully in the grounds behind medieval @ManorHouseIlk#RomanFortThursday
A coin found in a late 1st century fire pit in Hamworthy last year. It’s believed to be a Neronian dupondius and might be an example of damnatio memoriae (condemnation of memory). Nero’s image has received a cut across the neck before being cast into the kiln fire. #FindsFriday
@digginggardener Definitely! Almost certainly a fortified supply depot at Lower Hamworthy during the invasion campaign, then it became an industrial area until the 3rd century. Salt production mainly.
A recent discovery for #romanfortthursday, a Legio II Augusta supply base on the road to their fortress at Exeter. One ditch was of Punic profile: easy to jump into but hard to get out of! The idea was that attackers would be trapped and unable to escape fire from the ramparts.