BBCNEWS BBC News at One January 25, 2022 13:19:00
So, what we've got here is a field where it should be very, very wet, but what's happening is it's drying out throughout the year and the land is dropping. this is magna, one of the biggest roman forts. the site has never been dug, and archaeologists are now worried because the treasures buried here could begin to rot away. pretty much everything that they used on this site for 300 or 400 years has the potential to be preserved in more or less the same state it was thrown away in, under the ground where we're standing, which is an incredible opportunity. just think of the range of stuff that w...