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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Wilkinson

Biggest dig for 30 years aims to reveal more secrets of Hadrian’s Wall

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The biggest archaeological dig on a section of Hadrian’s Wall since the 1990s is continuing and experts hope it will reveal more secrets of life on a northern outpost of the Roman Empire.

Historic England and Newcastle University are running a five-year excavation programme at the Birdoswald fort, Cumbria, which is part of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site. 

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