Mosaics of 'palatial scale and quality', in use to end of coin sequence. Excavated L19thC, now under housing estate:https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.2319992,-0.5099326,476m/data=!3m1!1e3 …
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Continued activity at palace to end of coin sequence interesting, especially in light of this: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/10/post-roman-provinces-landscape.html …pic.twitter.com/gKWHtX0bxp
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NB has been argued that villa estate bounds prob identical to 11thC+later estate of St Mary's Abbey here...!pic.twitter.com/wm20Iid7Ua
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FWIW tradition in 16thC Lincoln that St Mary's was originally an Anglo-Saxon 7thC minster---possible conduit for estate survival 7th-11thC?!
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@caitlinrgreen Dr i read somewhere that today the Normans who invaded Britain in 9th century constitut a 5th of its population. is it right? -
@Umarkarim89 The Vikings? Think that's too high a figure, but prob significant immigration of Scandinavian ppl to some areas of Britain then -
@caitlinrgreen no no not the vikings bt the men from Norman coast who came after vikings, the shave headed knights who defeated english -
@Umarkarim89 Ah, I see. There were probably even less of them than the Vikings, although perhaps more than sometimes suggested. - 1 more reply
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Fascinating contemporary account of finding & destruction of the villa-palace at Greetwell, from Scientific American: http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/scientific-american/sup7/Remains-Of-A-Roman-Villa-In-England.html …
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A surviving find from Greetwell villa-palace: a box flue tile from the hypocaust system, http://makinghistory.sal.org.uk/ajax.php?id=186&st=17_a_2&p=1 …pic.twitter.com/XioJVcrpid
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On antiquarian finds of hypocaust systems in Lincoln, see also 1740 print of find nr Cathedral http://makinghistory.sal.org.uk/ajax.php?id=70&st=1_a_2&p=0 …pic.twitter.com/5rOrrmnW1J
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Also v important is St Paul in the Bail, Lincoln--2nd church in Roman forum here is very probably British, 5th-6thC!pic.twitter.com/1emW4W61B0
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Image of late/post-Roman church in forum via http://www.visitlincoln.com/things-to-do/interest/the-church-of-st-paul-in-the-bail …; I've discussed in detail recently, C14 makes clear is pre-600 church :)
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@caitlinrgreen Evidence of continuing 'Romano-British' administration in the area after AD410.....perhaps? -
@Harry_cartoons Absolutely, certainly seems possible and other evidence supports :) -
@caitlinrgreen A pity nothing from a presumably still fairly literate (at top end) Rom. Brit. soc. in 5th C to cross-ref with A.S.Chronicle. -
@Harry_cartoons Problem w/ AS Chronicle is late date & political :-/ But we do have Gildas+Constantius of Lyon+standing stones etc... And > -
@Harry_cartoons > is case to be made that Ambrosius Aurelianus based at Lincoln, esp as provincial capital w/ evidence of continuity :) -
@caitlinrgreen Thanks, didn't know that. Must investigate at some point. Seems Lincoln rather interesting during this period. -
@Harry_cartoons oh, it's well worth a look! Significant evidence for British-Anglian continuity---will put up a post at some point :-) -
@caitlinrgreen I'm based in London & East Anglia but Lincoln still unknown territory to me apart from the cathedral town. Due a trip I think
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