Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Medieval City's Underground Ruins Discovered in England

By Kelly Dickerson
Live Science

Archaeologists have uncovered the layout of a medieval city near Salisbury, England.
Archaeologists have uncovered the layout of a medieval city near Salisbury, England.
Credit: English Heritage

Archaeologists have uncovered the network of a medieval city in England that dates back to the late 11th century.
The settlement, which includes a cathedral and a castle, is located at the historic site of Old Sarum, near Salisbury. In its heyday, the city thrived for about 300 years, but eventually declined in the 13th century, with the Roman conquest and the rise of New Sarum, the researchers said. Archaeologists have long known that the medieval city existed in Old Sarum, but this is the first detailed layout of the city ever created.
"Our survey shows where individual buildings are located and from this we can piece together a detailed picture of the urban plan within the city walls," Kristian Strutt, an archaeologist from the University of Southampton who is working on the site, said in a statement. [The 7 Most Mysterious Archaeological Finds on Earth]

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