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Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Roman house rock damage 'not vandalism', says council
Damaged stones that lead down to a historic Roman building were not vandalised, an authority has said. The rocks lie directly behind County Hall in Dorchester, Dorset, on a path leading down to the Roman Town House. One large boulder at the start of the path is badly damaged on its top and sides, with large fragments of loose rock, while at least four other stones also show signs of damage as the path descends, with sizeable chips missing. A Dorset Council spokesperson said it is believed the damage is all down to the weather and natural forces. According to County Hall, it has been caused by spalling - a natural freeze-expand process where moisture freezing inside cracks in rock expands causing large forces which split shards of stone, or spall, off the outer surface. The town house was first discovered in the 1930s, when the then Dorset County Council bought Colliton Park to build a new County Hall. The site was excavated and the remains of at least eight buildings dating back to the Roman period were identified. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram. Repairs to crumbling 18th Century wall drag on Roman Town House Dorset Council
BBC News
21 hours ago
- Climate
- BBC News
Roman house rock damage in Dorchester 'not vandalism', says council
Damaged stones that lead down to a historic Roman building were not vandalised, an authority has rocks lie directly behind County Hall in Dorchester, Dorset, on a path leading down to the Roman Town large boulder at the start of the path is badly damaged on its top and sides, with large fragments of loose rock, while at least four other stones also show signs of damage as the path descends, with sizeable chips missing.A Dorset Council spokesperson said it is believed the damage is all down to the weather and natural forces. According to County Hall, it has been caused by spalling - a natural freeze-expand process where moisture freezing inside cracks in rock expands causing large forces which split shards of stone, or spall, off the outer surface. The town house was first discovered in the 1930s, when the then Dorset County Council bought Colliton Park to build a new County Hall. The site was excavated and the remains of at least eight buildings dating back to the Roman period were identified. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Fox News
13-06-2025
- General
- Fox News
Archaeologists uncover long-lost Ancient Roman building at construction site with a little help
A pedestrian who spotted a strange arrangement of stones wound up helping archaeologists rediscover an Ancient Roman building. The find was announced by the Swiss canton of Solothurn on Facebook on May 20. The "exciting" discovery was spotted at a highway construction site near Luterbach, 22 miles north of the city of Bern, the group said. "A pedestrian discovered stones and brick fragments not far from the motorway bridge about a week ago," said the post, which was translated from Swiss German to English. "It soon became clear: A Roman building is buried here." Pictures of the site show the stone foundation shockingly close to the road. "[T]he Roman foundation remains will be covered again in the preparatory work for the replacement of the bridge over the highway," the release added. Interestingly, this is likely not the first time that archaeologists have excavated the building. "[T]he exact location of the 'old structure' remained unknown. Until now." The canton noted that "as early as the 1860s, an old structure made of pebble and granite stones was excavated at this location." "[Archaeologists discovered] brick fragments, parts of a silver bowl, and later finds from Roman and late Celtic times," the Facebook post added. "However, the exact location of the 'old structure' remained unknown. Until now." The recent discovery is the latest addition to a long list of ancient finds made in Europe so far this year. In Greece, archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop that revealed several unfinished projects. This spring, volunteers in the United Kingdom unearthed an ancient depiction of a Roman goddess while digging near Hadrian's Wall.
