Monday, September 15, 2014

Roman settlement found at new homes' site


Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a Roman settlement on a site earmarked for a new development. 


The clear line of a Roman road was found on the proposed  development site [Credit: BBC] 

A University of Leicester team excavated a nine-acre site in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, as a condition of the planning permission for 48 homes. 

As well as dwelling remains, it found the line of a Roman road and burials. The development will go ahead with the site's story "preserved by record", the county council said.

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