- Richborough, Kent
- Reculver, Kent
- Chilham, Kent
- Chanctonbury, West Sussex
- Spoonley Wood, Gloucestershire (where he removed part of a mosaic)
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Looting in Britain
A railway guard from Kent has been a three-year conditional discharge for looting at some 20 known archaeological sites in England ("Guard Raids Roman Sites", The Gloucestershire Echo, June 28, 2008; see also "Man Accused of Illegal Digs at Historic sites", The Guardian June 11, 2008). These included:
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