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The Future for the Fieldgroup The Newport History Society’s Fieldgroup has over the past twelve years, been very successful in discovering previously unknown historical sites, transforming our understanding of the local area and its history. A total of eight previously unrecorded Roman sites, including a Roman military ‘Marching Fort’ have been discovered by the group and a further four possible sites are still under investigation. Five previously unknown Medieval sites have been added to…

In 2012 members of the Newport History Society fulfilled a long held ambition, to open a Heritage Centre in Newport. The Town Council allowed the Society to use the unoccupied front room of 3a (part of the Newport Guildhall) rent free, to display archaeological artefacts discovered by the Societies Field-group, along with photographs and documents relating to the history of the town and surrounding villages. On Saturday the 21st June 2012 the Newport Heritage Centre opened its doors for the…

Rare hoard of old coins is to go on display A hoard of ancient coins and the remains of the pot in which they were found will go on display together for the first time this weekend.The Sheriffhales Roman Coin Hoard was unearthed by Terry Hayward in 2009. The 86 bronze coins were discovered in a field near Newport with 21 bits of broken pottery Only the pot’s base remained intact because of damage caused by ploughing. The earliest coin recovered dates from the reign of the emperor…

While the Field Archaeology Group are usually looking out for prehistoric, Roman and mediaeval items, they also come across much recent finds: Terry Hayward managed to track down the bag seal that he found on Coppice bank, details below. Guano Seal, Anglo Continental Anglo-Continental Guano Works Ltd. AngloContinental, originally Ohlendorff & Co., had been founded in 1873, and remained a German company until the First World War, when it was reconstituted under British control. It was taken…