Guest spartacus Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Would you be willing to help sponser a dig if it meant finding a new roman site! Apparently, there are numerous Roman sites along the Welsh/ English border that are waiting to be discovered, but due to lack of funding by the state and otherwise, they remain a mystery, which is a great shame! If a prospective site required donations, would you give ? I would be willing to sell my entire coin collection plus artefacts to help out with financing, maybe, a thought would be for interested site users to form a "club" and carry out our own archelogical dig! I am convinced there is more to a marching camp found near a village called Lianymynech, south-west of Oswestry, but alas the site covers an area which apparently takes in private land and the farm-owner is reluctent about allowing a dig! Anyway, if anyone has some free time at the week-ends and fancies roaming the Welsh Marshes with a metal detector and spade etc then let it be known Weather permitting I go most week-ends, and usually visit Roman sites but would love to be involved in a dig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Ever tried metal detecting? As I understand its a fairly massive hobby in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 yes, PP its popular here, I may at some stage have a go! I would like to use private land as there is more chance of a find and I have a few areas I would like to use, going off sketchy references in my Roman books and using O/S maps I have pinpointed some likely locations! In my job, I was on a site in Manchester City Centre and watched foundations being dug out and the workman came across quite a number of Victorian type bottles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scanderbeg Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 I would love to go and dig there myself. The information extra information we can find about the Romans the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spartacus Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 I hope to visit the Roman ruins today at Ribchester (weather permitting) If I go, I will take digi-camera and do a post on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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