
Metal detectorist's 'feeling' leads to massive Roman settlement discovery in popular tourist hotspot
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Archaeologists recently found a 2,000-year-old Roman settlement in England's Cotswold region after an amateur hobbyist found two iron cavalry swords over two years ago.
"We turned a plowed field, the swords, and geophysical anomalies into the story of a settlement spanning hundreds of years." "This was only my second time metal detecting. I’m excited to find out more about them." Andrea Margolis is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can follow her on X at @andreamargs or send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
The settlement dates back 2,000 years; it was inhabited between the first and second centuries A.D. The excavation near Willersey was done as a joint effort with Historic England.
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