"Ceremonial Lance" found at Caerleon dig

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Latest on the dig in the blog here. http://www.britarch.ac.uk/communityarch ... a=CLFBlog2

All rather exciting- many thanks to the blogger!

"Caerleon Legionary Fortress


Priory Field Excavations 2008

Tuesday 15th July

"Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think." Horace

Finally, we have found some walls belonging to the legionary warehouse! The front wall was robbed down to its rubble foundations, but at least one of the internal mortared walls and floors of two rooms survive in reasonable condition. We now think that our trench includes the remains of at least three buildings - the original warenouse, a masonry 'lean-to' structure built against the front warehouse's front wall, and the flagstone building (possibly medieval) with associated yard surfaces. Anna was given the task of lifting the centurial stone while being filmed by colleagues from the National Roman Legionary Museum, who are planning to mount a temporary display about our excavations later this year.

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