Evidence of wheat production found in Britain

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Recent research at Littleport, Cambridgeshire, has suggested that parallel Roman cultivation trenches were not vegetable beds, as previously presumed. Instead, they were used to cultivate wheat.

 

Richard Mortimer of Cotswold Archaeology argues that the trenches were more likely part of a technique known as marling, in which clay-rich soil was spread onto poorer farmland to improve its fertility. If correct, the trenches would represent an effort by the Romans to increase agricultural productivity on marginal land.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmy83v93ql3xo

 

 

This short video shows the demand for grain among the Roman troops in Britain:

 

 

 

 

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