Roman mosaic floor rediscovered

BBC ^ | Wednesday, 23 August 2006 | unattributed

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Gayton Thorpe was first excavated in 1923, but was covered over in the 1960s after it fell into disrepair... Michael de Bootman, who is part of the team, said the site could be about 50% larger than was initially documented. Mr de Bootman, geophysical overseer of the site, said the villa could also include up to five well-preserved masonry buildings, a detached bath house and possibly a gatehouse. "The site is the only exposed Roman mosaic recorded in Norfolk in situ," he said.

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The villa is now thought to be larger than was originally documented

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This is it for today. There were others that could have been posted, but all of these came from the Archaeologica page, and I didn't want to feel guilty about not using my usual method. :'D

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The villa was first excavated in 1923

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[mtbopfuyn]

That's gonna take a lot of Tilex.

[restornu]

ctr

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Sony's version of CCR?

[restornu]

no Choose The Right!:)