Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Monday 13 March 2023

A Romano-Celtic Temple discovered in Lancaster


It is sometimes curious which websites pick up which stories. It was slightly surprising to see that the Jerusalem Post had a report about the discovery of a Romano-Celtic temple in Lancaster. The article can be seen at 1,900-year-old Romano-Celtic temple discovered in northern England

This has been followed by another, similar  account with additional details, of the temple on the Arkeonews website. It can be read at Evidence of Rare Romano-Celtic Temple Near Lancaster Castle -may be only the second of its type

The temple is only the second such structure to be be identified so far in what was Britannia. It does not mean that is the last. It is also a further indicator of the complexity of life in Roman Britain and a reminder of how our knowledge of its history continues to increase through archaeology in all its contemporary forms.


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