Roman ruins found under theatre

[wellinghall]

"An ancient Roman ruin has been discovered by builders working on the £25.6m redevelopment of the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury. The townhouse, thought to date from between the late second and early third Centuries, is believed to have belonged to a wealthy citizen.

Archaeologists found the remains of the building's under-floor heating, leather shoes, seeds and a plate. Experts will examine the remains before the redevelopment work resumes."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8355636.stm, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8355961.stm

Comments

[bookwormsarah.livejournal.com]

"...the people who are itching to get the theatre finished are really unimpressed, especially when the builders were a bit too ethical to accept a brown envelope in exchange for a bit of energetic bulldozering at night"?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

You cynic, you ...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

jason_finch, meet bookwormsarah, a fellow museum professional.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

bookwormsarah, meet jason_finch, a fellow museum professional.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

So. Very. Awesome.

[thecatsamuel.livejournal.com]

Yup! And I love your icon.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

The surprise is that the original developers of the Marlowe didn't find it when they were ripping the heart out of Canterbury in the 60s - or perhaps they did and quietly buried it then. Difficult for anyone doing town development in Kent not to recognise Roman brickwork.