A section of the Roman walls of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, visible amongst the shelves of a local bookshop :)pic.twitter.com/Aeeik6Fxhj
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The core of a former bastion located in the north-east corner of the Roman walls of Horncastle, just behind the bookshop.pic.twitter.com/Q3daDy6OTk
For interest, here's a plan of the Late Roman walled fort at Horncastle set against a modern satellite image of the town.pic.twitter.com/Xuc0rDptEg
A finely detailed Roman ceramic head discovered near Horncastle; still has traces of paint and plaster surviving: http://slha.org.uk/photogallery/index.php?thistopic=Archaeology_Roman …pic.twitter.com/EHrtUpoBl3
A gold coin of Honorius, AD 397–402, made into a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon pendant, from Horncastle: https://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/blog/view/some-new-archaeological-acquisitions …pic.twitter.com/lHRkWoyhJg
A lovely early 7th-century silver boar's head terminal from Horncastle, poss from a helmet crest & w/ tiny garnet eyes; now in @collectionusher.pic.twitter.com/wVMHK0icWs
A 7th-century Anglo-Saxon pendant made from a 5th-/6th-century gold & garnet cloisonné cicada, found Horncastle; now in @collectionusher.pic.twitter.com/D2rVYlose7
An early 10th-century dirham found near Horncastle, Lincolnshire; probably minted at Balkh, Afghanistan, and subsequently gilded & used as jewellery: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/443152 …pic.twitter.com/cj9FRV195e
Another piece of the Roman walls of Horncastle emerging from the fabric of a modern building.pic.twitter.com/7X3Vyd4ttz
The smallest visible piece of the Roman walls of Horncastle?pic.twitter.com/6wy3YigF7Y
There's a chunk of Lady Godiva's Priory in the 6th garage along under the Nando's in the Ribbon Factory in Coventry!
Hah! I do love these treasure hunts for ancient walls... :-)
I did the refurb of the building and we found lots of bits of "Coventry stone" in the foundations. Though that was part of the original building. When TimeTeam came for C4 I remember the old Priory being described as an "urban quarry" - everybody nicked stone from it apparently!
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