Skip to main content
Read page text
page 2
52 Redlands Roman Villa A Roman villa overlying a mill. 56 Norwich Excavation of the graveyard of St Margaret in Combusto where those who had been hanged were buried 60 Diary London, Lincoln, the Wheeler centenary, and the Raunds Area Project. 62 The A66 Excavations along the Stainmore Pass reveal a Roman marching camp and signalling station 67 Science Diary Dating the Neolithic, Tins of Death, Ageing teeth, Olives and Amphorae, Science-based Archaeology, Funding, Clifford Price, and Ronnie Tylecote Contents 73 Medieval Bridges David Harrison compares the small spans of medieval bridges in the south with the much larger arches in the north of England. 94 Letters Digging up our own people, Education and the IFA, Military whitewash, A-level archaeology, the Devil's Quoits, and a "Dig" supplement 77 The Current Archaeology interview: Catherine Hills and Henry Hurst 84 Supplement The Current Archaeology "Down to Earth" guide to British archaeology. A listing of archaeological societies, units and other bodies and archaeological courses from now until June 1991. Books The Romanization of Britain, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, Bokerley Dyke, Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, Rome's Desert Frontier, The Visible Past, and Rome and its Empire. 86 The Glassmakers of San Vincenzo Richard Hodges, Cathy Coutts and John Mitchell report on the latest discoveries of the San Vincenzo project in Italy. Cover photo Heavy lorries pound up the A66 as it nears the peak and the Stainmore Pass. In the foreground is the excavation of the Roman signal station which will be destroyed when the road is turned into a dual carriage way. 69 Milton Keynes Recent work reveals Saxon jewellery at Westbury, a wheel of Taranis at Wavendon, the seal of Bradwell Abbey and a Roman counterfeiters' hoard. 91 Metrological Analysis Philip Crummy puts forward some ideas as to how Roman forts and towns were laid out.
page 3
High Lights O UR latest innovation in Current Archaeology is an extended inter­ view. After the short portrait of David Miles in our last issue, several readers suggested that an interview should be a permanent feature, so we decided to choose the husband and wife team of Henry Hurst and Catherine Hills. Catherine Hills is fronting the new Channel 4 archaeology programme "Down to Earth" but we thought it would be a good idea to talk to her husband, Henry Hurst, as well. The idea then grew. We began to discuss with Catherine her excavations at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Spong Hill but when we turned to Henry he began talking about Gloucester which we covered in CA 29, then went on to Carthage (CA 93) and ended up with the forum of Rome itself, where he has been digging up Caligula's palace. A big surprise this summer was the Roman villa at Redlands Farm near Stanwick in Northamptonshire. This small villa is the first known example of a yuppie mill conversion. It was built over an old mill but the end wall of the new villa was built over the leat of the old mill. This led to trouble, so they demolished the wing. The wall was just pushed over, and the archaeologists found it where it lay, the complete end wall, a mere 90 degrees out of true. The site is adjacent to the Stanwick Roman villa being dug by English Heritage as part of the Raunds Area Project but in these days of contract archaeology, the contract to dig the Redlands Farm site was won by the Oxford Archaeological Unit - who struck lucky on their first project in Northamptonshire. Other features show some of the work done this summer with Roman forts bissected by road building on the A66 and a Roman counterfeiter at work in Milton Keynes. We also have some nice grisly skeletons from Norwich, medieval bridges and an article that tells you how Roman towns were laid out. The other major novelty is the supplement at the centre which we have produced in conjunction with the Thames/Channel 4 television "Down to Earth" programme. This will be distributed with the magazine free to those who write in to their Helpline. We welcome all the new readers to Current Archaeology. Good reading! CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY 122 51

Page Text

View plaintext

High Lights O UR latest innovation in Current Archaeology is an extended inter­ view. After the short portrait of David Miles in our last issue, several readers suggested that an interview should be a permanent feature, so we decided to choose the husband and wife team of Henry Hurst and Catherine Hills. Catherine Hills is fronting the new Channel 4 archaeology programme "Down to Earth" but we thought it would be a good idea to talk to her husband, Henry Hurst, as well. The idea then grew. We began to discuss with Catherine her excavations at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Spong Hill but when we turned to Henry he began talking about Gloucester which we covered in CA 29, then went on to Carthage (CA 93) and ended up with the forum of Rome itself, where he has been digging up Caligula's palace.

A big surprise this summer was the Roman villa at Redlands Farm near Stanwick in Northamptonshire. This small villa is the first known example of a yuppie mill conversion. It was built over an old mill but the end wall of the new villa was built over the leat of the old mill. This led to trouble, so they demolished the wing. The wall was just pushed over, and the archaeologists found it where it lay, the complete end wall, a mere 90 degrees out of true. The site is adjacent to the Stanwick Roman villa being dug by English Heritage as part of the Raunds Area Project but in these days of contract archaeology, the contract to dig the Redlands Farm site was won by the Oxford Archaeological Unit - who struck lucky on their first project in Northamptonshire.

Other features show some of the work done this summer with Roman forts bissected by road building on the A66 and a Roman counterfeiter at work in Milton Keynes. We also have some nice grisly skeletons from Norwich, medieval bridges and an article that tells you how Roman towns were laid out.

The other major novelty is the supplement at the centre which we have produced in conjunction with the Thames/Channel 4 television "Down to Earth" programme. This will be distributed with the magazine free to those who write in to their Helpline. We welcome all the new readers to Current Archaeology. Good reading!

CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY 122

51

read next page

My Bookmarks

Buy this Book
Skip to main content