The excavation in 1971-6 of the remains of the bath-house buried below Exeter Cathedral Close was the most impressive archaeological find ever made in Exeter.
John Allan, formerly Curator of Antiquities at RAMM and now Consultant Archaeologist to the Dean & Chapter of Exeter Cathedral, will spell out the great importance of the building in the story of architecture in Britain. He will explain the layers of archaeology found below the old church of St Mary Major - the Roman civil basilica and forum, followed by the Anglo-Saxon minster and cemetery.
Excavations being carried out at Tithebarn Green, Redhayes, near Exeter are revealing a complex ancient landscape with occupation dating from the Neolithic through to the Medieval period.
The Bronze Age Pin Brook enclosure, located at the northern end of the Tithebarn Green site has been particularly interesting.
The enclosure may have been built to adapt a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and there is evidence of ongoing use of the site in the late Roman and/or post Roman British or Anglo-Saxon periods. There is also evidence of the post-medieval enclosure of the landscape...
An archaeological dig in a rural Devon village is yielding more ancient secrets.
Last year experts working on a major field study at Ipplepen, Devon, excavated a Roman road, complete with ancient wheel ruts and potholes.
Now they have uncovered new insights into how the community lived, through the discovery of new archaeological features and pottery, such as a continental food storage jug that would have travelled across Europe before it was used at the site.
The team uncovered a large fragment of storage jar, known as an amphora, buried under the surface of the...
Fifteen ancient skeletons have been discovered on an archaeological dig in Ipplepen, a major Romano-British settlement in Devon and now the best preserved Roman cemetery in the county.
University of Exeter archaeologists and a team of students and volunteers uncovered the human remains during an excavation of a Roman Road and found a roadside cemetery, the like of which has never been seen in the region. The significance of the discovery took on further importance when one of the skeletons was found to date from around 250 to 350 years after the Roman period, an era often referred...
Essential work to address persistent drainage and subsidence problems in Exeter’s High Street, between Mountain Warehouse/Martins Lane and Broadgate, has been completed almost two weeks ahead of schedule, Devon County Council has announced.
The problem, the cause of the subsidence it appears, was a failure of the street's drainage and poor condition of a 4" water main running through the High Street.
The work, which started on 16 January, has included drainage, footway and road works. Wales and West Utilities have also replaced a gas main from Broadgate to Burger King....
These newly-developed holiday activity days offer children a great chance to immerse themselves in history surrounded by the museum collections. Each full day of challenging new activities for unaccompanied 8 to 12 year olds will fire their imaginations, cultivating curiosity and drawing out the hidden curator, story-teller, explorer and historian.
10 April: Them and Us
Try on the clothing of Britons and Romans. Explore their different foods and social lives. Make some British artefacts and some Roman ones using clay and other materials. Ask a Roman soldier what he thinks...
