It turns out, the Brits *do* perform archaeology in places where no car has parked before. Even in England, one's manners should be too good to park on a saint, after all. But peeking in the Roman sarcophagus promises to be, quite literally, a fascinating look at pre-Conquest England. Its points of interest: that it may be a votive site, and that it is a very small area for such a rich find, only 10' x 10'. The original Saxon church it is a part of may have been as small as 23' x 13'.
Here is a further look at the dig in blog form.
Amusingly - this dig is in preparation for a lift shaft. (For our American English speakers, a lift is an elevator. Bit on the nose, that? Still amusing.)
(Sorry 'bout the Trek reference creeping in, all my hoped-for dates for the new film have imploded and I haven't seen it yet!)
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