Time Team Excavation Site Dinnington

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About six months ago, a Somerset businessman here in the village of Lopen, decided to build himself a new driveway. But when he dug down here, he discovered this.
It’s Roman, it’s late 4th century, and experts reckon it’s one of the ten best Roman mosaics ever found in Britain. It’s a fantastic find, a great story, and it could be about to get even better.

Because a mile down the road, the owners of this field reckon they’ve found something pretty special too.

When they heard about the find in Lopen, they decided to dig a bit deeper, and not to be outdone by their neighbours, they uncovered this. Which I’m told is even finer mosaic work than the one in Lopen.

But how much of it has survived, and what about the buildings that these mosaics were part of, how lavish were they, who built them, and where did the money come from?

Time Team have been invited in, to solve the mystery of Somerset’s secret Roman villas, and we’ve got just three days to do it.