Sunday, May 19, 2013

No Parking

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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