Roman mosaic unburied for second time

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A Roman mosaic in Folkestone, England was reburied due to lack of funding after being discovered in the 20s. It has recently been unburied. Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel in south eastern England.

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The mosaic is part of the central dining room from a large 2nd century villa complex situated on the cliffs overlooking Folkestone, England. Beneath the Roman foundations are traces of an earlier Iron Age settlement, occupied by native Britons centuries before the Roman invasion.

The complex was first excavated by archaeologists in 1924, however, the cost of maintaining the site led to the mosaic being reburied to preserve the monument. Local accounts at the time reported the mosaic being in a poor state of preservation.

Excavations during the 1920’s found Classis Britannica tiles which suggests that the villa might have a connection to the Roman Navy in Britain, or that the villa was possibly some sort of signalling station.

 

 

 

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/09/roman-mosaic-re-exposed-by-archaeologists-in-folkestone/144724?amp

Interestingly, the recently-discovered Roman villa in Scarborough has been reburied:

 

 

Edited September 26, 2022 by guy