‘Incredible’ archaeological site was unearthed when electricians laying cables at a Wiltshire home exposed a mosaicIt was the urge to avoid playing ping-pong in the dim that led Luke Irwin to design one of Britain’s most extraordinary archaeological discoveries in recent years. Without that compulsion,he might never absorb found out that he lives on the site of one of the biggest Roman villas ever built in the British Isles.
Irwin, a rug designer, or his wife had decided to convert an old barn on their newly purchased Wiltshire property into a room where they and their children could play table tennis,so they hired electricians to lay cables for lights.
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Source: theguardian.com