Yorkshire's Roman Mystery: The Ryedale Hoard
The Ancients
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The Rydell Hall Discovery in North Yorkshire
It's absolutely fascinating isn't it when you look at the context of the Rydell Hall discovery. How York has become or is becoming this central node in Roman Yorkshire but still has connections to places such as Rydell where the horde was discovered. We don't know of any major buildings near the fine spot of the horde. However the Romans stamped their infrastructure across this whole region through a network of roads, forts and forts. It really meant that nowhere was that far from Roman culture and influence.
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