A fifth season of excavation will take place at Cocks Farm Roman villa, Abinger over two weeks in June (3rd- 7th and 10th
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Ashtead Roman Villa and Tilery - 2012 Excavations
The seventh main season of excavation on Ashtead Common was undertaken by the Society’s Roman Studies Group between 22 August and 9 September this year, with extremely good results. The weather was helpful at first, as while only a short period was lost to rain the ground remained soft. Unfortunately, largely unbroken sunshine in the final week made photography and excavation difficult. Work was aimed at a better understanding of the newly discovered building, the Lowther villa and the tile kiln(s). It was also possible to learn more about the separate bath house.
Visit to Triere and Aachen. May 2012
At about the time Britain became part of the Roman Empire in the first century AD, in Trier the foundations of a new bridge over the Moselle were being laid which still form the base for the modern road crossing, so we thought we too would cross it to learn more about what was going on the other side. Later it became the capital of the Western Roman Empire; Constantine effectively ruled Britain from there, creating an imperial city of immense wealth and standing.
The Ewell Hinterland Project
The Ashtead Villa & Tileworks Project - Ceramic Building Materials
Members of the Roman Studies Group (RSG) and the Artefacts and Archives Research Group (AARG) are continuing work to identify, catalogue and analyse the tiles from the site.
The Ashtead Villa & Tileworks Project - Artefact Photography
As part of the five year plan to reappraise the work carried out on the Ashtead Roman Villa site, we have recently undertaken a project to maximise the information we can obtain from the artefacts using digital photography. All artefacts have a story to tell and it is important to extract as much information as we can from our photographic images.
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