Remains of the Roman fort at Caister where an excavator was used in error.
Remains of the Roman fort at Caister where an excavator was used in error.
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Extensive study into Roman town [ Caistor St Edmund ]
Archant Regional | 19 June 2006 | Cat Bartman
Posted on 06/19/2006 11:14:44 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1651845/posts
Woops!!!!!
My recollection is that the word “caster” frequently refers to Roman forts in Britain.
“On a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of damage to Norfolk's archaeology, this is a 10,” he said. “This was the first chance to dig a trench across the defences at Caister fort since the 1960s. It was a huge opportunity.
“The archaeology in that area has been destroyed,” he added. “We lost the opportunity to go through the different layers very carefully and recover the pottery and objects that would have helped us review the dating of the fort defences.
They probably wondered what all that old stuff was they kept digging up.
How many professional archeology committees responsible for digging at archeological sites even have the phone number of a trenching machine rental company?
This was a major screwup.
Does the digger get a set of steak knives to go with the blender he unearthed?
