[livius]

What an interesting article! A few years ago, I was in...well, I forget where, but I was looking for a hypocaust (heated Roman floor) that was a local sight. Carefully following the signs through a thick wood, I burst onto a field - right into the midst of a cricket match at what was, to judge by the shouting provoked by my appearance, a rather crucial moment. I hastily retreated back into the shrubbery and was later told that people had turned the signs around as a practical joke. However, when I tried again by another route, I found it, and it was actually very near the playing field.

I also visited a Roman site in Spain, in Alcalá de Henares, that is being excavated after it was found under a site where they were planning to construct a sports complex. I suppose the fact that the land had long been cleared and is usually relatively level accounts for connection between Roman sites and playing fields.

[LostTribe]

>I burst onto a field - right into the midst of a cricket match at what was, to judge by the shouting provoked by my appearance, a rather crucial moment. I hastily retreated

HA! All the more fun when you are not a local.

> I suppose the fact that the land had long been cleared and is usually relatively level accounts for connection between Roman sites and playing fields.

Hmmm. That's an interesting premise.