The Roman ruin under a shopping centre trapdoor The King's Bastion in Gloucester is reopening for the first time since 2019.

The Roman ruin under a shopping centre trapdoor

#Gloucestershire #BBCNews

Archaeology work begins ahead of £13.8m redevelopment project The site may contain remains of a Tudor churchyard, parts of a Roman city wall, and medieval items.

'Archaeological works searching for Roman, medieval and Tudor remains have started in preparation for a major £13.8m city centre redevelopment.

Gloucester City Council last week dug the first trial pit in the grounds of the 13th-century Greyfriars monastery, to the rear of Eastgate Market. 1/2

The King's Bastion is open again for tours! Tickets available from the museum website.

Roman religion is something I understand very imperfectly. Did John publish anything aimed at giving a general insight?

I was once woken up whilst camping in the new forest by a pony, it was right vexed with me. They're not to be trifled with.....

We're going to update the south west research framework soon. An opportunity to embed some good practice....

Oh how frustrating.

Are these sites mapped on HERs? Often us local government types are behind on things palaeolithic...

Sounds excellent.

Importantly it's directly on a Roman cemetery, both inhumation and cremation. Largely first century.

Brilliant!

Probably the most beautiful archaeological store you have ever seen. Rows of boxes on shelves receding into the distance with a tantalizing light at the end.

Check out our artefact archive!! 🤩

(serious face...)
Archives like ours are filling up fast. Soon there will be no space in Britain to store newly-excavated artefacts and this will be catastrophic for research in archaeology as well as innovation, society, growth and the renewal of nature 😢

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Got to admit Heathrow is excellent, a relief to get there having experienced Sao Paulo airport (I forget which one)

Everyone does surely, what prompted this research out of interest?

I know right! 😬

Dangerously close to having to wear a tie, the whole reason I got into archaeology was to avoid ties....

Good work Dean.

Plans for a new market, food hall and cultural venue as part of the £13.8m Greyfriars Quarter redevelopment at Eastgate Shopping Centre in Gloucester have been revealed.

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🕵🏼‍♀️ I had the chance to visit the King’s Bastion in Gloucester. It’s rarely opened up but I got to chat with @andyrpglevum.bsky.social & Amy Washington @museumofgloucester.bsky.social about the history beneath our feet.

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HERs really vary with this data and DM teams in their awareness of it. Worcestershire are good

Soon afterwards (unless I forget) the same Osric founded the minster of St Peter's in Gloucester. Which was to become the present day cathedral

That's incredibly kind of you. I'll have a think and be in touch

Very cool, in Gloucester we use the presence of the Cheltenham sand and gravel as a possible indicator of palaeolithic material but it's very ad hoc. One day we'll improve

This is great data, do you work with local HERs?

View through the dimly lit Anglo-Saxon crypt at St Wystan’s Church, Repton, Derbyshire, showing stone columns, ribbed arches and soft golden light; an atmosphere of ancient stillness.

😯 ✨Betjeman described it as 'Holy Air Encased in Stone'.

If you've never visited St. Wystan's in Repton before - deep below the surface - that first glimpse of the C9th Saxon crypt is quite something.

Back at St Oswald's Gloucester, huzzah!

In truth I don't know.

You'll never get planning permission 😁

A worn and damaged image carved in stone. A circle with a decorative motif frames a figure of Jesus Christ, evident from the cruciform halo behind the head. His hair is seen under a stole wrapped round his head and down over his shoulders, but his face is damaged. On the left within the circle looking toward Christ is a large bird, which is thought to represent the Holy Spirit.

#StoneworkSunday 🏺
#SundayStonework figure found c. 150 years ago in Bishop's garden @gloucestercathedral.org.uk is possibly sole remnant of #SaxonSunday Abbey founded there 7th C.
Cruciform halo indicates it is Christ, bird pos figure of holy spirit, border may show Byzantine/Carolingian influence.

Another talk for the @museumofgloucester.bsky.social 'Store to Store' Project with @cotswoldarch.bsky.social on the 22nd with Kurt Adams the Gloucestershire and Bristol Finds Liaison Officer #Archaeology #Romans