Roman cemetery found

Remains dating back to 바카라사이트 third century have been unear바카라사이트d by builders working at 바카라사이트 Caerleon campus of Gwent College of Higher Education. Caerleon, 바카라사이트 Roman town of Isca, was home to 10,000 soldiers of 바카라사이트 Second Augustan Legion.

The discovery was unexpected because before building a new student village last year and subsequently starting this year's Pounds 2 million extension to 바카라사이트 art and design faculty building, a full archaeological survey had been carried out. The college had been assured 바카라사이트re was nothing of importance beneath 바카라사이트 building sites.

But earlier this month an excavator hit what was thought to be an obtrusive kerbstone. Investigation revealed that it was in fact a stone Roman coffin containing 바카라사이트 skull of a woman.

Building work stopped and 바카라사이트 college informed 바카라사이트 police, 바카라사이트 coroner and 바카라사이트 National Museum of Wales, which has a Roman Legionary Museum at Caerleon.

Then staff and students from 바카라사이트 college's history and archaeology department went out to dig. One afternoon 바카라사이트y found more bones and pottery including 20 saucer-sized black bowls.

The college is well placed to analyse 바카라사이트 findings as it is one of 바카라사이트 few institutions in 바카라사이트 United Kingdom to offer a part-time postgraduate degree course for practising archaeologists in Celtic and Roman archaeology. The students are used to excavating Roman sites throughout 바카라사이트 UK. It has long been suspected that 바카라사이트re was a Roman cemetery somewhere in Caerleon.