furniture fitting

Above Gardening during lockdown revealed a hoard of 64 coins from the 15th and 16th centuries in the New Forest area, Hampshire. BELOW This Roman furniture fitting with the face of the god Oceanus was also discovered in Hampshire.

Green-fingered finds

Home-improvements and gardening have been on the rise under lockdown in the UK, and, in a few cases, work in the garden has led to archaeological discoveries. One household in the New Forest area in southern England uncovered a Tudor…