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Roman village discovered in Syon Park, West London


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The Daily Mail carries a report with some good photographs on the excavations in Syon Park which have uncovered extensive remains of a Romano-British settlement as well as some late Bronze-Age and other periods material.

 

The remains of an ancient Roman village has been unearthed in west London, thanks to the Waldorf Astoria hotel.

 

Plans to build a new hotel on the site in Syon Park led to the discovery of human remains, 11,500 fragments of pottery, 100 coins and jewellery which were buried half a metre below ground.

 

Archaeologists from the Museum of London are currently studying the artefacts from the find, which Jo Lyon described as 'really exciting'.

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[Edit The Musuem of London press release is also now on-line which gives a few more details of these excavations which actually took place in 2008 but have only just been announced]

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