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Norfolk Wind Farm Dig Uncovers Roman Villa and 'Norfolk Nessie'

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Norfolk Wind Farm Dig Uncovers Roman Villa and ‘Norfolk Nessie’

A digital rendering of what the Roman villa near Dereham, Norfolk, might have looked like.

A routine archaeological survey ahead of a massive offshore wind farm project in eastern England has led to an astonishing array of discoveries, most notably the remains of a sprawling Roman villa and a curious bronze artifact quickly dubbed the “Norfolk Nessie.” The extensive excavations, covering a 40-mile (60-kilometer) cable route across Norfolk, have opened a remarkable window into the region’s layered history, stretching from the Neolithic period right through to the Middle Ages, and the finds were entirely unexpected.

Energy company RWE, which is leading the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm projects, commissioned Headland Archaeology to survey the route ahead of cable-laying. What began as a standard pre-construction procedure quickly became a major archaeological endeavor.

Initial magnetometry surveys conducted between 2017 and 2018 detected anomalies near the town of Dereham, prompting trial trenching in 2021. It was at that point, when roof tiles and flint walls began emerging from the soil, that archaeologists realized something significant was buried beneath the surface.

Gary Manners

www.Ancient-Origins.net – Reconstructing the story of humanity’s past


Source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/norfolk-roman-villa-00102686



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