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Started by DBS, Jan 12, 2026, 07:18 AM

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David Stevens

Imperial Dave

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Erpingham

I've removed the duplicate as it pointed to the same article.

Duncan Head

The Guardian version at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/12/newly-discovered-port-talbot-pompeii-may-have-been-roman-centre-for-agriculture doesn't tell us much more than the BBC one, but does say explicitly that they're not quite sure of the dating yet:

QuoteIt is not yet possible to precisely date the site but Langlands said: "I think we're in the fourth century – it really fits that kind of late Roman flourish that we see in the south-west of Britain."
Duncan Head

Jim Webster

Lady wife and I were discussing this.
Yet another villa in the South East is nice but a major villa in Port Talbot area is genuinely interesting and we might learn something about the Romanisation of the 'periphery' that we didn't know.