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Groundwell Ridge Dig Diary by Chris Walker
Thursday 10th June – Day 2 Quote: From yesterdays post Dr Pete Wilson (EH Project Director) and Robert Dickinson (Swindon Borough Council) do the usual media interviews…….. From the Swindon Evening Advertiser :- date published: Thursday 10th June 2004 Mysteries of Roman lives unearthed ARCHAEOLOGISTS and volunteers have begun their quest to unveil the mysteries…Continue…
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Groundwell Ridge Dig Diary by Chris Walker
Wednesday 9th June – Day 1 Trench Plan Plans of this years Trenches overlaying Mark Corney’s earthwork survey of 1997 Conditions for Day 1, heavy rain overnight, cloud cover, very humid. Hectic early morning start for all on site, first batch of volunteers tip up at 08:30 and are given an induction and initial training,…Continue…
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Groundwell Ridge Dig Diary by Chris Walker
Thursday 17th June – Week 2 Day 2 [Day 7] Pete turns up to finally get the BT Broadband set up (we thought). So he gets out the laptop, connects the CD-ROM, fine. Plugs in the BT supplied Broadband modem…….”new hardware detected….you do not have sufficient privileges to add this hardware”. I stay out of…Continue…
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Groundwell Ridge Dig Diary by Chris Walker
Sunday 11th July – Week 5 Day 5 [Day 25] The end of another great week. Today more features were being discovered, and causing Pete more headaches and there is really only next week left to dig, for the final week is reserved for backfilling. The building speaks for itself, it needs a lot more…Continue…
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Groundwell Ridge Dig Diary by Chris Walker
Wednesday 7th July – Week 5 Day 1 [Day 21] Back on site and in the “deep room” to take two 15cm vertical strips down the soil adhering to adjacent walls to see how far the plaster goes down. The east wall gives us the answer – the plaster continues down to where we have…Continue…
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Antonine Wall Legionary distance slabs – Found at Castlehill,Bearsden 1847
Found at Castlehill,Bearsden 1847 IMP C T AELIO HADRIANO ANTONINO AVG PIO P P VEX LEG XX V V P P III Translates as ” For the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of this Country, a detachment of the Twentieth Valerian and Victorius legion (completed the Wall) over a distance…Continue…
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Antonine Wall Legionary distance slabs – Found at East Millichen, near Balmuildy, 1803
Found at East Millichen, near Balmuildy, 1803 IMP CAES T AELIO HADR ANTONINO AVG PIO P P VEXILLA LEG VI VIC P F PER M P III DCLXVI S Translates as ” ” For the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of this country, the Sixth Victorius, Loyal and Faithful Legion…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: The Antonine Wall Legionary distance slabs :: rib_2197
Found at Castlehill,Bearsden 1847 IMP C T AELIO HADRIANO ANTONINO AVG PIO P P VEX LEG XX V V P P III Translates as ” For the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of this Country, a detachment of the Twentieth Valerian and Victorius legion (completed the Wall) over a distance of…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: The Antonine Wall Legionary distance slabs :: rib_2185
Eastermains, Kirkintilloch c 1740 IMP CAESARI T AELIO HADRIANO ANTONINO AVG PIO P P VEXILLA LEG VI VIC P F PER M P Translates as ” For the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of his country, the Sixth Victorious, Loyal and Faithful legioncompleted (the Wall) over a distance of …..thousand paces”…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: The Antonine Wall Legionary distance slabs :: new2193
Found at East Millichen, near Balmuildy, 1803 IMP CAES T AELIO HADR ANTONINO AVG PIO P P VEXILLA LEG VI VIC P F PER M P III DCLXVI S Translates as ” ” For the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of this country, the Sixth Victorius, Loyal and Faithful Legion (completed…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Jedburgh Abbey
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