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Garden dig uncovers Roman pottery (UK)

A man digging his back garden in Cardiff uncovered Roman pottery, which has prompted months of excavation. The find at the house on the Pentrebane estate is the first evidence of Roman activity in this part of the city.

Archaeologists have so far uncovered 300 pieces of pottery shards which they believe date back nearly 2,000 years and could be a manufacturing site.

Read entire article at BBC