October 5, 2006

Roman finds in Kent and Somerset

Archaeologists working on the Quantock Hills in Somerset have uncovered evidence of a substantial Roman villa with a mosaic floor in the main room. . .

The dig team said the villa at Yarford is one of the most westerly villas with mosaic floors found in Roman Britain.

From the BBC, as is this:
A digger being used by workmen on a building site in Kent has unearthed 3,600 bronze Roman coins dating from AD330 to AD348.

Archaeologists from Kent County Council (KCC) were called to the site in the Medway Valley after the digger arm overturned a pot containing the coins.

"The workmen saw all these coins come pouring out of the digger bucket," said Maidstone Museum's Laura McLean.

Posted by David on October 5, 2006 9:24 PM

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