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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Emily Beament

Incense bowl and helmet handle among finds at National Trust estate dig

Items were found on Attingham Estate (National Trust/Suzy Watts/PA) -

Roman coins, incense bowl and helmet handle are among artefacts found in a dig that allowed visitors to a National Trust estate to get hands-on with archaeology.

Excavations at Attingham Estate in Shropshire took place after a geophysical survey of across more than 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) of land uncovered significant archaeological remains, including two previously-unknown Roman villas and an Iron Age homestead.

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