Viggen Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 A medieval skeleton, a human tooth and hoardes of Roman pottery have been found buried under modern-day Worcester. Archaeologists excavating the former Worcester Royal Infirmary site, in Castle Street, have unearthed more than 1,700 years of history. Beneath the five-acre site, which is being transformed into the University of Worcester's new city campus, they found evidence of a busy, noisy, dirty Roman district. As well as two Roman buildings and large pits used for disposing rubbish, they found proof of metal-working and huge amounts of pottery, some of which proves the people of Roman Worcester had trading links with Roman France. There is a mysterious circular ditch, 13m in diameter and dating to the third century AD, which has baffled archaeologists... full article at Stourbnews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Is Worcester no longer busy, noisy, and dirty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Only on a saturday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochus III Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Cool! I love mysteries. could the ditch have anything to do with a possible foundation for a building? maybe it was abandoned because they lacked the finances to construct it? keep us up to date. Thanks for the info! Antiochus III Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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