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2. My favorites are the ones where they're absolutely sure they've found
Thu Sep 7, 2023, 09:05 PM
Sep 2023

the location of a long house where a Saxon king once held court.

Saxons must've trod very lightly on the earth, they usually find next to nothing.

The Romans trod rather heavily, they left tons of stuff, even after stone from the villas had been robbed out to build churches and monasteries.

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