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A ROMAN complex, thought to be one of the most important ever discovered in Britain, was found in Swindon in 1996. To the untrained eye the 12-acre open space at Groundwell Ridge, on Pennine Way, looks like nothing more than hilly scrubland. But surveys have revealed it to be one of the most important Roman sites in Britain and one of only two of its kind in the country. Hidden beneath the grass are the foundations of four large stone structures and an extensive network of water features, walls and paths. One theory is that it was a temple complex built to worship a water god. This is borne out by its position at the site of a natural spring. Ground-penetrating radar technology has been used by the archaeologists surveying the area in an attempt to unlock the secrets of what the site was used for. Whatever the purpose of the Groundwell Ridge complex, its size means it was an extremely important part of Roman-era mid-west England. Before Swindon even existed it would have been the most important settlement between Cirencester and Wanborough. |
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