The heat hasn’t deterred our diggers who have made some interesting discoveries while excavating the in-fill of these iron age ditches. This beautiful Nene Valley colour coated jar. Enough pieces have been found for eventual reconstruction. A fine Roman 3rd to 4th century bone pin fragment with faceted head. And the jawbone of a small…
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One of the first trenches placed to investigate the in-fill of three iron age ditch boundaries. Animal bone, iron age and roman pottery was immediately found in a fill of natural stone. Discovery of a beautiful Nene valley colour coated jar.
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Once again, we’ve enjoyed a very successful year, with members participating in lectures, visits andvarious other activities. Our lecture programme has seen us moving in and out of the Roman period, beginning lastSeptember with Stuart Orme telling us about medicine and surgery in the Roman empire, DerekRoberts giving us an update on our excavations at
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