Description
In this issue:
– Leicester’s Roman high life: uncovering magnificent mosaics
– Exploring ‘Wales’ earliest village’
– A journey through Anglo-Saxon Fenland
– 70 years of listed buildings
– Uncovering the secrets of an enigmatic air-raid shelter
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Sherds, Odd Socs, and more!
From the Editor:
The year is on the turn. As summer slips undeniably into autumn, it is a time of new beginnings, not only thanks to the changing seasons but also to our associating these months with the start of the new school or university year.
There have been changes afoot at CA too; as we drift towards the end of our 50th anniversary year, this issue also marks 12 months since we launched our new look. You may have noticed that the editorial team has also undergone something of a redesign lately – this month I am thrilled to welcome Dr Kathryn Krakowka as our new deputy editor.
The onset of autumn inspires cosy thoughts of staying indoors as the nights draw in, and this issue too follows a domestic theme. Our cover feature takes us to Roman Leicester, where the excavation of two elegant townhouses has revealed one of the finest mosaics found in the city for 150 years.
Rather simpler structures, though no less significant, have emerged at Llanfaethlu, meanwhile, with the discovery of north Wales’ first early Neolithic multi-period settlement. Fenland settlements also feature prominently, as we look to the East Anglian landscape for clues to how we should viewthe fiercely debated 300 years after the end of Britain’s Roman occupation.
Leaping forward to more modern matters, we mark the 70th anniversary of the process of listing buildings by touring some of the youngest structures to be accorded this protection – many of them residential. Finally, we visit the back garden of a Berwick-upon-Tweed home that houses an enigmatic Second World War structure.
Carly Hilts
Cover Date: Nov-2017, Volume 28 Issue 8