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The Story Of The Lopen Roman Mosaic

00:00 - Introduction 00:18 - Discovering the Past 19:29 - Remaking the Past 33:28 - Protecting the Past 41:46 - Credits A handful of stones and a pair of sharp eyes changed people. The ripples are still being felt in the lives of those who were here at the time and in the lives of those who learnt from the experience. The occasion was the use of a digger, the stones were of various colours and roughly cube-shaped. The pair of eyes belong to the digger driver needed to clear a new driveway. He took them into the house where he had been working and after a brief discussion with the owner realise that more needed to be known about why they should have been found where they were. No time was wasted on that October morning. The County Archaeologist when informed contacted an archaeologist who lives in a neighbouring Village who was called in to come and have a look to see what had been found. His experience told him that they were clearly likely to have been used for the making of a mosaic pavement in a high-status building during the early part of the first century after BCE. The story that unravelled over the next few weeks and the subsequent years have had a dramatic effect on our understanding of this landscape and village. Very soon it was apparent that what was found was of major importance; subsequently of national significance. Found in autumn the mosaic was close to the surface of the ground. If it had been left open to the winter weather to come and unprotected it would have broken up and be lost for ever. In the following month what had been discovered following the excavation had to be carefully cleaned, recorded and protected. It was expertly covered and buried again to make sure that it was not damaged and remained in its original position. What you are about to see is the story of the early events and what we had learnt during that time and since. People of all ages from who were from this village and the surrounding area at the time and happened to be living here were involved in the process. And many had by chance additional skills and expertise to help unravel the story. What we can now understand and in looking back over the succeeding years, realise how this event has had a much wider effect then just on those few people who happen to be living in this village. You will be able to meet some of them on the film not only shortly after the original find but also now as they look back on the effect that it has had on their lives, work and careers. Project manager - Angela Naunton-Davies Produced & directed by Justin Owen in 2002