Ancientist

  • Volunteers Unearth Rare Roman Terracotta Head at Magna Fort

    Volunteers Unearth Rare Roman Terracotta Head at Magna Fort

    A routine excavation along the northern defences of Magna Roman Fort has produced an unexpected and unusually intimate discovery — a small terracotta head, recovered not by a senior specialist, but by two volunteers working side by side in the trench. Rinske de Kok and Hilda Gribbin were carefully clearing soil when the fired clay…