2,000-year-old Roman fort and treasure trove of artefacts are uncovered in Yorkshire - including Britain's earliest ever pistachio
Researchers have been studying the Roman settlement of Cataractonium. Much of it is covered by the Catterick racecourse and the A1 road near Catterick. During a project to upgrade the road archaeologists studied its Roman origins. They found over 62,000 artefacts and more information on life in Roman Britain. The nut has been dated by radiocarbon dating to between AD24–128, and they found it at the bottom of a well, with the shell of the nut unopened but broken up.
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