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Caerwent, south Wales
First screened 25 January 2009

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A fantastic piece of Samian ware – high-class pottery suggesting someone in Roman Caerwent had a few bob



A fantastic piece of Samian ware – high-class pottery suggesting someone in Roman Caerwent had a few bob
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The Team's trenches in the middle of Caerwent opposite the remains of a previously excavated templeMap showing Caerwent on the main Roman road between Gloucester and the fort at CaerleonGraphic showing Time Team's trenches in the centre of the town and how they relate to previously excavated remainsThe shop walls uncovered in Matt's trench – the highlighted wall is from a later phase of building
After intense training (at least two hours) Phil and Matt unleash their rhetorical skills on the innocent citizens of CaerwentThe knife handle carved into the shape of two gladiators engaged in mortal combatDirty nails after a hard day in the trenches? Then try this patented Roman nail cleanerRoman stylus – great for writing, possibly too sharp for ear-wax removal
Part of a Roman fish dish – the discovery of this led Tony to suspect we'd found a Roman chippyHis theory was backed up by the discovery of this storage pot for oil found in the same trenchA fantastic piece of Samian ware – high-class pottery suggesting someone in Roman Caerwent had a few bobThe Team found that the buildings in the centre of the town were built very close together
Stewart's groma – a Roman surveying tool… Tony wonders just how much washing you could dry on itSite director Neil Holbrook looked after the Roman elements of the siteMick Aston was mainly there for the medieval archaeology – except the Team didn't find anySome of the supports for the floor in the town's Roman forum
Mick, Tony and Jimmy and John from geophys. Apologies for the cameraman's taste in head gearHenry's hi-tech answer to the groma – unfortunately you can dry even less washing on itHelen and Mick take a rest during the filming of a finds sceneDetail of the Time Team recreation of Caerwent's Roman forum
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