Definately not from a posh school - was a christian school in Bristol which is even more confusing why I was nominated to be a witch!
Anyway if it wasn't for the romans then we wouldnt have time team digging up roman stuff or students playing in the mud!
OVP
Time Team also spend a good deal of time sifting through the midden heaps left by the Ancient Britons
About a year ago, on Grade 1 agricultural land where a new housing estate is to be built up the road from me, the remains/burial site of a Bronze Age warrior was discovered. A very rare find as it was a high caste member of society judging from the things buried with him. So, the Romans weren't the only crowd around...
Back to "hoe, hoe, hoe": When the Romans settled they often built along the edges of previous Iron Age settlements so their roads are not always dead straight - they wiggle as did the edges of Iron Age fields due to the way the oxen walked when ploughing (reverse sigmoidal curves).
How straight are your hoe-lines??
Just thought I'd tell you while I wait for a coat of paint to dry Don't you just love holidays!!