Once I Was A Clever Boy
Wednesday, 18 March 2026

A carriage fitting from Roman Britain

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A discovery from near Harlow gives an insight into the world of Roman carriages in Britannia. The find is described in an article from ZME S...
Tuesday, 17 March 2026

A villa or cult site at Grove

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The discovery of a Roman villa - or possibly a cult centre - at Grove, north of Wantage in the historic county of Berkshire, has yielded som...

The Oxborough Hoard

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Norfolk is the county that is the most productive of archaeological finds under the Portable Antiquities Scheme. The Oxborough Hoard recentl...

A Roman soldier’s pay packet from Norfolk

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Fox News reported last summer in another Roman coin hoard from Norfolk. This was discovered m in 2023 at  Great Ellingham in southern centr...

A Roman coin hoard from Norfolk

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A year ago the  BBC News  reported on a hoard of Roman silver coins found in west Norfolk. They were identified by my old friend from Oxford...

The return of pieces of a mosaic to Cirencester

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Several websites have recently reported upon the return to Cirencester - Corinium to the Romans - of a piece of mosaic removed from a Roman ...
Monday, 16 March 2026

Roman lead ingots from Wales

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  The discovery in Ceredigion of lead ingots that can be dated precisely to 87AD and the reign of the Emperor Domitian has been reported by ...

The Hallaton Helmet

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I have posted before about the spectacular Hallaton helmet that was discovered in 2000 in south-east Leicestershire. A truly splendid exampl...
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Once I Was A Clever Boy
I am a Catholic and a historian based in Oxford, where I am a member of Oriel College. My research, for a long delayed D.Phil., is a study of Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln in the second decade of the fifteenth century. I also work as a freelance tutor in History and as an independent tour guide. I was received into the Church in 2005 and am a Brother of the External Oratory of St Philip Neri at the Oxford Oratory.
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