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  • 'Perplexing' find at Alderney Roman dig

    07/29/2012 4:45:13 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 25 replies
    BBC ^ | Saturday, July 28, 2012 | unattributed
    Archaeologists have found something "interesting" and "perplexing" at a Roman dig in Alderney. A team from the island, the UK and Guernsey are excavating land at the fort of the nunnery at Longy Common. The dig is focusing on a gateway and wall but the team said they were "not expecting" the way it was laid out. Dr Jason Monaghan said: "We've found something interesting, but we don't actually know what it is until we take a bit more dirt out." Dr Monaghan, Director of Guernsey Museums, said the team had dug a trench to examine the gateway. "It's a...