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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Esther Addley

Archaeological survey detects Roman villas and iron age farmsteads in Shropshire

An artist's impression of an iron age farmstead enclosure on Attingham Estate in Shropshire.
An artist's impression of an iron age farmstead enclosure on Attingham Estate in Shropshire. Photograph: Jennie Anderson/National Trust/PA

An archaeological survey of more than 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) in Shropshire has identified a wealth of previously unknown features, including two grand Roman villas and multiple earlier iron age farmsteads.

The geophysical survey, the largest ever conducted by the National Trust, used ground-scanning technology to map undetected features close to the site of the Roman city of Wroxeter, just south of modern day Shrewsbury.

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