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Archaeologists unearth ancient origins of New Forest Town
http://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/07/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-origins-new-forest-town/115980
A high-tech survey at Buckland Rings Iron Age hillfort in Lymington has revealed evidence of 2,000 year old roundhouses within the fort’s ramparts.
The geophysical survey was led by the New Forest National Park Authority with local volunteers and students from Bournemouth University.
Up to seven prehistoric dwellings were identified, which would have once housed a community of hunters and farmers that would grow into the modern Lymington. Trading throughout Britain and across the sea, these ancient ancestors would have lived in round wooden buildings caked in a soil-based mixture.
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Posted by tjj
18th July 2017ce
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