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Roman Bog Seat!!!!

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http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... om-7673984

A rare find has allowed archaeologists to get to the bottom of everyday life at a Northumberland Roman fort.

What is believed to be the only wooden toilet seat to be found in the Roman Empire has been unearthed at Vindolanda on Hadrian’s Wall.
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Puffin wrote:http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... om-7673984

A rare find has allowed archaeologists to get to the bottom of everyday life at a Northumberland Roman fort.

What is believed to be the only wooden toilet seat to be found in the Roman Empire has been unearthed at Vindolanda on Hadrian’s Wall.
I think I will stick to metal finds I don,t fancy rooting about for a smelly sponge on a stick :g42:

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Puffin wrote:http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... om-7673984

A rare find has allowed archaeologists to get to the bottom of everyday life at a Northumberland Roman fort.

What is believed to be the only wooden toilet seat to be found in the Roman Empire has been unearthed at Vindolanda on Hadrian’s Wall.
Rather than Vindolanda, just for a moment I thought it was a joke thread with a play on the word Vindaloo!
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