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• Excavating the CA archives – Roman Chester

  01-05-2025 13:19
  Roman Chester – Deva Victrix – is one of the unquestioned ‘great sites’ of Roman Britain. This was a major military centre from its late 1st-century AD origins through to its abandonment in the late 4th/early 5th centuries AD, and significant parts of the town survive beneath the medieval and modern city. Current Archaeology has been on site there since the start of the magazine, and its repeated visits shine a light not just on the evolution of the town, but also on its
  
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• A Roman landscape revealed: Celebrating 20 years of the Culver Archaeological Project

  01-05-2025 13:17
  Two decades of excavations in East Sussex farmland have uncovered the remains of an unusual enclosed settlement linking the Roman road network with the River Ouse. Rob Wallace and David Millum explain more.The Culver Archaeological Project has been investigating Roman features beside the River Ouse since 2005. Here we see a typical day in Trench 6 in 2017.
  North of Lewes in East Sussex, the Upper Ouse Valley is home to an archaeological landscape rich with Roman remains, including evidence of in
  
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• Current Archaeology 423 – ON SALE NOW

  01-05-2025 13:15
  …or perhaps that should be ‘Happy Birthday’ – to the project featured on this month’s cover. Founded in 2005, the Culver Archaeological Project has for the last two decades been uncovering a fascinating Roman landscape – including an unusual enclosed settlement – beside the River Ouse in East Sussex. With the initiative now marking its 20th anniversary, we explore some of its key findings to-date.Turning from a long-running excavation to a newly announc
  
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• Current Archaeology 423

  01-05-2025 13:15
  Founded in 2005, the Culver Archaeological Project has for the last two decades been uncovering a fascinating Roman landscape – including an unusual enclosed settlement – beside the River Ouse in East Sussex. With the initiative now marking its 20th anniversary, we explore some of its key findings to-date.Turning from a long-running excavation to a newly announced discovery, we then share the latest insights into the magnificent Melsonby Hoard, one of the largest Iron Age hoards foun
  
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