Moss Brow Farm in Warburton, Cheshire, had been the focus of intense study by local enthusiast James Balme for almost a decade before he invited Time Team to investigate further. In that time, the site had produced a range of artefacts, discovered as a result of intensive field walking and metal detecting including a rare snake's head bracelet, a silver denarius and a collection of Roman metalwork.
The assemblage of finds is unusual in the context of the north west of England. The evidence for Roman activity in the area is relatively sparse. Sites tend to produce few finds and aerial photography is rarely productive. In fact, there is a huge gap in our knowledge about the extent of both Roman military and civilian occupation in the region.
Time Team was keen to try to fill in some of that gap, and in particular to discover what lies beneath the bean fields of Warburton. And they left virtually no stone unturned in the process of doing so.
30 сен 2024
