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  • Amateur archaeologists redraw map of Roman Britain - from home

    05/16/2020 10:47:59 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 15 replies
    Guardian UK ^ | Tuesday, May 12, 2020 | Steven Morris
    Volunteers poring over detailed aerial surveys of the borderlands between Cornwall and Devon spotted telltale signs of dozens of previously unknown settlements and miles of roads linking Roman forts. The project suggests areas including Bodmin Moor, in Cornwall, and Dartmoor, in Devon, were much more populous than previously had been thought. So far, less than a tenth of the material available has been studied but already 30 previously unknown settlements believed to date from between 300BC and AD300 have been found, as well as more than 20 miles of Roman road... Because this could not be done, the volunteers (just...