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Archaeologist's call for Roman buildings
to be protected
Three hundred and fifty people turned up at a public
meeting in Southwell in February 2009 to call for full excavation of
a site next to Southwell
Minster
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11 April 2009
SOUTHWELL MINSTER AND ROMAN VILLA
I was disturbed to read in Current Archaeology No. 232 of the proposal
to build on land close to Southwell Minster. That would be an inexcusable
act of cultural vandalism, and it must be opposed vigorously.
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PUBLIC MEETING A GREAT SUCCESS - LARGEST PUBLIC
GATHERING IN SOUTHWELL IN RECENT YEARS
19.03.2009
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Preserving Southwell’s Roman Heritage
Salient points for letters of support
19.03.2009
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A Statement from the four sponsoring organisations
19.03.2009
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Archaeologist joins call to save unique Roman Villa
13/03/2009
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Favouring creation of heritage area
By Elizabeth Hambidge
27/02/2009
There has been overwhelming public support for further excavation of
the remains under the former Minster School site, Church Street, Southwell.
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ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
“THE ROMAN VILLA IN SOUTHWELL”
Presented by: Dr Will Bowden
Associate Professor in Roman Archaeology, University of Nottingham
7.30pm on Tuesday 24th February 2009
in the Minster School Hall, Nottingham Road, Southwell
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"Work starts again on the site
on 5th
January."
Ursilla Spence Nottinghamshire
County Council’s senior
archaeologist
Dig gives new slant to Romans in Britain
By ELIZABETH HAMBIDGE - Newark Advertiser
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Roman temple unearthed in Notts
Article from Nottingham
Evening Post
Tuesday, December 09, 2008, 07:30
THE remains of a Roman temple have been found in Notts – and experts say
it could re-write the history books.
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Members of Southwell Community Archaeology
Group (SCAG) filled the Old Court House to capacity at a meeting on Saturday
22 November
to hear Ursilla Spence, Notts
County Council’s Senior
Archaeologist and Professor Phillip Dixon, Archaeologist to Southwell
Minster Dean and Chapter.
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Visit to the Roman villa site 16/11/2008
Thanks to Ursilla Spence, Nottinghamshire County
Council Archaeologist, SCAG members were able to visit the site of
the Kean Homes development on Sunday
16th November.
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Skeleton unearthed during dig
Newark Advertiser
By Dominic Howell
31/10/2008
A human skeleton has been found on a site
earmarked for homes. The bones of an adult male, believed to be
from the medieval period, were discovered
by archaeologists working on the former Minster School site at Church Street,
Southwell.
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