Posted on 06/16/2008 2:46:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists from Cardiff University today began excavating part of the remains of the 2,000 year old Roman Fortress in Caerleon, Newport.
Led by Dr Peter Guest, of the School of History and Archaeology, the team of 50 archaeologists from Cardiff and University College London will excavate the remains of a monumental courtyard building in the south-western corner of the fortress.
The building's existence was discovered during geophysical surveys undertaken by staff and students from the University and was investigated during trial excavations in 2007.
This year's excavation will open a large trench over the building, which is believed to be a store-building or warehouse. It is hoped that the excavations will reveal a wealth of new information about the storage facilities, provisioning, and supply of a Legion in Britain.
Dr Peter Guest, of the School of History and Archaeology said: "Store-buildings are a largely unknown feature of legionary fortresses, and our work is the first research excavation conducted on a military store in Britain. We hope that our findings will not only improve our knowledge of the fortress and its inhabitants, but also tell us more about the history of the fortress and Roman Britain. This is real archaeology in action and we are looking forward to an exciting summer in Caerleon."
Throughout the project Dr Guest and the team will be keeping a dig-blog detailing their progress. Members of the public will also be able to join free twice-daily tours of the excavation site, where they can see some of the latest archaeological finds uncovered by the team.
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No piccies? No maps? *sigh*
Any idea which legion[s] was/were stationed there?
It varied. After the Romans finished up with their conquest of Britain (there are clues that they’d planned to finish up in what is now Scotland, and had a small presence in Ireland) they generally had two or three legions stationed there.
:’)
OK...I’ll wait....
I’ll have to check for web stuff, maybe there’s a GGG topic in that find. Thanks.
Whoops. By “stationed there” I meant Britain, not Caerleon. [blush]
I just used Google Earth and found Caerleon Newport Wales.
There are many highlighted blue dots. The Roman legion area
can be found by moving south from the University until you see the river bridge. The blue dots to the west of the bridge are the Legion’s garrison area. Have fun.
Rare artefact found at Roman site
BBC News
Page last updated at 06:29 GMT, Friday, 11 July 2008 07:29 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7500223.stm
[snip] The team digging at part of the Roman fortress in Caerleon near Newport found what they believe is a legionary’s ceremonial lance. [end]
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