BURIED ROMAN TOWN
DISCO VERY IN ENGLAND
SCENE OF BOADICEA’S FIGHT
(British Official Wireless
RUGBY, March 5
Flying at a height of 2400 feet, men of the Royal Air Force have taken remarkabie photographs of a Roman to-vii which is buried underneath the fields. This Roman town -was known as Caistor, and thereabouts lived *20,000 Romans in the heyday of Roman power in Britain.
It- has been observed that there is only a stunted growth there. The photographs from on high show that tlie ruins lie only just beneath the surface, and take definite term ol buildings and roads. Two of the outlines caught by the earners resemble temples. Cai.stor and its, environs straggle over about 1000 acres, but it is believed that by use of the air photographs arenaeologists will he able to go straight to tlie heart of the town. Consequently, excavations will.begin shortly.
Queen Boadicea ruled the people who were conquered at Caistor by the Romans, and it is thought that one line.of research may yield the story of her fight against the Romans.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1929, Page 3
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