Roman coins uncovered during the archaeology excavation at Blackgrounds, Chipping Warden.© High Speed Two Ltd 2022N
Posted on 02/06/2022 8:00:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have uncovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of an Iron Age village that grew into a bustling ancient Roman trading town — an archaeological gem with more than 300 Roman coins, glass vessels and water wells — in what is now the district of South Northamptonshire, England in the United Kingdom.
The ancient hotspot — known as Blackgrounds for its black soil — has an abundance of ancient artifacts and structures spanning different time periods, including depictions of deities and Roman game pieces, according to about 80 archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) Headland Infrastructure, who spent the past year excavating the site ahead of the construction of HS2, a new high speed railway...
The transition from Iron Age village to Roman town happened so quickly, it's likely that Blackgrounds' inhabitants stayed the same, adapting to the Roman Empire's ways... This included using Roman customs, products and building techniques, the archaeologists said.
One of these building techniques is a 33-foot-wide (10 meters) Roman road, which is "exceptional in its size," according to the statement, as most Roman roads were no more than 13 feet (4 m) wide, West said. Such a vast road would have been filled with animals and people loading and unloading goods from carts. This road, as well as the nearby River Cherwell, likely helped make Blackgrounds a thriving trade hub.
The excavation revealed that the settlement was divided into different sections, including a domestic sector filled with building foundations, and an industrial park that had workshops, kilns and preserved wells...
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Roman coins uncovered during the archaeology excavation at Blackgrounds, Chipping Warden.© High Speed Two Ltd 2022N
Are those bagpipes?
I think they're just happy to see us.
So it’s to the east of Westhamptonshire then?
L
Yes, and the whole works is about 3500 miles east of West Dakota.
POTD
Thanks for the help. I don’t want to get lost on my way there.
L
Britannia was a nice place until those repulsive Angles, Saxons, and Jutes showed up.
The Angles settled in East Anglia, and in Mercia, which was to the west of East Anglia. So, y’know, wth.
Glad I could help. The tough part is figuring out the latitude and longitute, it's all letters.
:^)
No, it's east of Wessex.
If I understand things correctly (& FWIW ;>), West Dakota is mostly populated by the Lakota and Nakota, with the Dakota themselves living more to the east of West Dakota...
Da.
Was it east of Southwick or north of Eastwick?...........
I'm shire I don't know...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
