At the beginning of the day Matt set the diggers a task of removing the last of the debris from the mosaic……..by the time of the morning break! It focussed minds and all heads were down and working hard.
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But we did it!
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Next it was down to fine brushing in preparation for several sponge downs!
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In the meanwhile, Alex had found a metal stash in the mosaic room wall – who put it there? Was this at the end of the Roman era, from someone using a derelict villa to hide it, in a chaotic cashless society when bartering would have been important?
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Hook or earring? Made of copper so possibly the latter.
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This tool was also found but is it Roman? Possibly Victorian left by the farmer putting in the land drain.
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A message across the centuries – one that we still have to decipher!
Photos today from Richard and Chris