Above the big green sign that tells me its time to leave the
A46, I noticed for the first time an add-on-extra sign stuck above it, saying
Margidunum. Knowing that the old A46 is also the Fosse Way, I guessed that it
might, therefore, not just be a roundabout between Bingham and Newton that I
thought it was but something of greater significance. I have to admit that the
sign could well have been put up last week, or it may have been there for 2,000
years. I just wouldn’t know, because although I might like to think that I’m
observant, I’m really not that much, it seems.
Once back home, the internet dramatically increased my
education about the location - from absolutely nothing to quite a bit, in fact -
and in a relatively short time. There was a substantial Roman camp there, which
has yielded lots of important information about the Romans, both from the
earthworks and from the artefacts that they left behind. There was even a Roman
road going in pretty much a straight line to our village - where there was also
a smaller camp - and beyond.
Coincidentally, I had been handling artefacts myself for
most of the morning, but coming from much closer to the present day. You would
have thought I would have been a bit more tuned in. Well, shine a light.
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