By Mark Hilditch
MORE than 40 people gathered in the field behind St Peter’s Church in Minshull Vernon to take part in a community archaeological dig.
They unearthed a cross-section of the surface of a Roman road running from Whitchurch to Middlewich.
It turned out to be in fine condition, probably because this particular stretch had not been ploughed in modern times.
And the surface was so well preserved that it seems to have been accumulating water in the soil above it.
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Monday, September 08, 2008