CRUSADER
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With the break in weather I decided it was time to dig a hole in a mates garden. Its been on my list of test pits for about a year.
It was an old late medieval house & next door had a shared well, it also used to be a toll house at one point. However, its the Roman layers I'm interested in, as it's within the old Roman Walled Town.
Most holes I dig have Victorian mixed up with Roman in the top layers but this one only had Victorian. The next layer 50cm-100cm were Medieval & then I hit the water table, so game over. No idea if the Roman layers were deeper, but I suspect it was too boggy back then.
I then detected for 15 minutes on the grass & got;
1 Button (Found the other with eyes only in the hole)
ยฃ2.04p
1961 Halfcrown
1736 Farthing (Gave to the owners as the best find)
Victorian Suspender Buckle (Found in hole)
Medieval Pot Shards, Animal Bones & Teeth were found at 50-100cm.
Final picture, my filled in hole.
Total time spent 1 hour 45 mins.
It was an old late medieval house & next door had a shared well, it also used to be a toll house at one point. However, its the Roman layers I'm interested in, as it's within the old Roman Walled Town.
Most holes I dig have Victorian mixed up with Roman in the top layers but this one only had Victorian. The next layer 50cm-100cm were Medieval & then I hit the water table, so game over. No idea if the Roman layers were deeper, but I suspect it was too boggy back then.
I then detected for 15 minutes on the grass & got;
1 Button (Found the other with eyes only in the hole)
ยฃ2.04p
1961 Halfcrown
1736 Farthing (Gave to the owners as the best find)
Victorian Suspender Buckle (Found in hole)
Medieval Pot Shards, Animal Bones & Teeth were found at 50-100cm.
Final picture, my filled in hole.
Total time spent 1 hour 45 mins.
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