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A previously unknown Roman fort has been found at Calstock in Cornwall, one of only a handful of sites giving evidence of Roman presence in the county, and the first found close to a silver mine.
Archaeologists from the University of Exeter say the site may be evidence the Romans mined tin in the county.
The hill-top site where the first-century fort is in an area known to have been involved with medieval silver mining in the 13th and 14th centuries.
University archaeologists became interested in the site when they found references in medieval documents to the smelting of silver at the old castle and next to the church in Calstock.
A geophysical survey - similar to an underground X-ray - clearly showed the outline of a feature that is a very similar shape to another Roman fort recently found near Lostwithiel, also in Cornwall.
A previously unknown Roman fort has been found at Calstock in Cornwall, one of only a handful of sites giving evidence of Roman presence in the county, and the first found close to a silver mine.
Archaeologists from the University of Exeter say the site may be evidence the Romans mined tin in the county.
The hill-top site where the first-century fort is in an area known to have been involved with medieval silver mining in the 13th and 14th centuries.
University archaeologists became interested in the site when they found references in medieval documents to the smelting of silver at the old castle and next to the church in Calstock.
A geophysical survey - similar to an underground X-ray - clearly showed the outline of a feature that is a very similar shape to another Roman fort recently found near Lostwithiel, also in Cornwall.
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