Biggest ever dig at Hadrian's Wall to reveal details about life on the Roman frontier

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Biggest ever dig at Hadrian's Wall to reveal details about life on the Roman frontier
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The project is examining houses, communal buildings and workplaces beyond the fort walls and has involved hundreds of archaeology students.

Newcastle University students at work in the newly- discovered bathhouse at Hadrian's Wall at Birdoswald fort, Cumbria.The biggest archaeological dig on Hadrian's Wall since the 1990s is underway, with experts hoping it will reveal more secrets about life on at the northern edge 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 WallThe current project is examining houses, communal buildings and workplaces beyond the fort walls - giving researchers a glimpse of life on the ancient frontier.

Since the five-year project began in 2021, more than 200 archaeology students have joined the dig, using the state-of-the-art technology.The area to the west has never been explored, with data from geophysical surveys hinting there was once an open area surrounded by structures.

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