This #diggingforbritain had a personal poignancy. As recently as 1926-1970s, Romany people, inc some of my family, were forced off the New Forest or Nevi Wesh & corralled in inclosures or ‘Rehabilitation Compounds.’ Bravo John Henry Philips & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social I wrote about it in #KIN..
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Digging for Britain - Series 12: 6. Lost Mansions and Impaled Prisoners
Extraordinary digs from the south - a Romani encampment in the New Forest, a convict’s burial ground, discovery of a civil war mansion and London’s best-preserved Roman cemetery.
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