Yes, thanks for the reference - which I did not know about; I'll chase it
up. More so for the thoughts accompanying. Not an exact parallel, but a
brief anecdote: the SMRs at Welshpool record a find of a Roman coin on the
pavement of a North Wales holiday resort, with the comment that "it is safe
to assume that the coin was not found in situ"! That Roman coin didn't make
it a Roman pavement.
Thank you very much - any further thoughts most welcome.
Steve
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From: "gerda pickin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: research Roman lead mines Wales
> Steve
> It's not directly relevant but have you looked at Brannigan and Dearne's
> 'Romano-British Cavemen - cave use in Roman Britain' (Oxbow monograph 19,
> 1992)?
> Much of the information they present for the occupation and use of natural
> caves can be paralleled at alleged Roman mines such as Draethen and
> Llanymynech - perhaps we have been too quick to claim an association
between
> Roman artefacts and Roman mining when what we really have is Roman
domestic
> reuse of earlier (possibly much earlier) workings.
> Draethen for instance was certainly accessible during the Roman period but
> the evidence suggests it was used as a counterfeiter's den and not a
working
> mine. But it would be very interesting for someone to revisit and
reassess
> the workings there ...
> Good luck with the dissertation.
> John Pickin
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