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All good things must come to an end and sadly this is the case here at Caerfai Camp
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We’ve reached the end of our first week here at Caerfai Camp / Penpleidiau and what a week!
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Live updates as our team unearths a Roman villa and Iron Age village in the shadow of an impressive hillfort by the River Thames.
It’s time to say goodbye to our trenches at Roman Sedgefield. It’s been six weeks full of Venturers, archaeology and sheep – but just because we’ve stopped digging doesn’t mean it’s over just yet!
With only a week left of our dig at Roman East Park, the field team is feeling the pressure to find out as much about this unique and though-provoking site as possible ...
This week we battled wind, rain and dodgy phone signal as we got through week four of our Roman dig in East Park. But the archaeology never stops, especially at a site like this…
It's Week 3 of the excavation at Roman East Park, Sedgefield. This week our dig has taken a turn as we’ve had to say goodbye to our Venturers, but that hasn’t stopped some amazing archaeology from being found, and some exciting new ideas from forming…
This week, our Roman dig has revealed lots of pottery, plenty of postholes, and an almost-complete vessel.
Every archaeological site has its mysteries, and the Roman town buried at East Park is a tough nut to crack
An early medieval smithy, a handful of coins, and a burial with signs of a fatal headwound
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