09-15-2010, 04:45 PM
My first thought was horse.
Anyway, just to clarify, the trench is in the south western corner of the fort, I've marked it on this map for you.
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It's in a field that has only been used for agricultural or grazing purposes as far as can be established. The 2008 dig revealed evidence that there had been an agricultural building of some sort built using robbed out stone and the hard standing afforded by the flagstones at some stage.
Obviously, there are several phases of roman building work to sort out to get a clearer picture. The final phase seems to have involved laying a large flag floor over some previously existing walls, turning some of the smaller rooms into a larger workshop.
Anna's taken lots of pics of small finds, as well as pics of the segmentata and 'disc squamata' in situ before they were lifted so I'll post those for your perusal when I get back to the UK.
Anyway, just to clarify, the trench is in the south western corner of the fort, I've marked it on this map for you.
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It's in a field that has only been used for agricultural or grazing purposes as far as can be established. The 2008 dig revealed evidence that there had been an agricultural building of some sort built using robbed out stone and the hard standing afforded by the flagstones at some stage.
Obviously, there are several phases of roman building work to sort out to get a clearer picture. The final phase seems to have involved laying a large flag floor over some previously existing walls, turning some of the smaller rooms into a larger workshop.
Anna's taken lots of pics of small finds, as well as pics of the segmentata and 'disc squamata' in situ before they were lifted so I'll post those for your perusal when I get back to the UK.
"Medicus" Matt Bunker
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