{"id":34964,"date":"2022-11-22T16:05:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34964"},"modified":"2022-11-21T17:35:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:35:24","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-underground-doorstep-more-security-after-illegal-metal-detecting-at-richborough-roman-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34964","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (underground) doorstep\u2019: More security after illegal metal detecting at Richborough Roman fort"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34965\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/EH_Richborough_Amphitheatre.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/>An ancient monument, Roman fort and amphitheatre at Richborough, near Sandwich, at the centre of the story of Roman&#8217;s in Britain has been targeted by illegal metal detectorists, reports <em>KentOnline<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 the scene of so-called &#8216;nighthawking&#8217;\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>KentOnline<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The Roman fort and amphitheatre at Richborough, near Sandwich, has been the scene of so-called &#8216;nighthawking&#8217; &#8211; when people without permission descend on a piece of land in search of hidden treasures.<\/p>\n<p>English Heritage, which has responsibility for the ancient site, says it is beefing up security to try and prevent detectorists hunting historic artefacts in contravention of the law.<\/p>\n<p>The fort is currently closed to the public while it undergoes a revamp of its visitor attractions ahead of a re-opening next year.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Porter, senior properties curator at English Heritage South, said: \u201cWhen people illegally metal detect, they are robbing every one of us of our heritage and our understanding of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe artefacts at Richborough are not about monetary value, every item found at the site is a key to unlocking our past&#8230;\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Richborough was occupied throughout the entire duration of the Roman occupation of Britain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/sandwich\/news\/nighthawk-metal-detectorists-target-roman-fort-274933\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more background see the English Heritage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.english-heritage.org.uk\/visit\/places\/richborough-roman-fort-and-amphitheatre\/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA4OybBhCzARIsAIcfn9myNoGuqMLalYk6n7XsScAxlETpyz2SMTWmR7ImYvKnk8B-hjzf37caAhRBEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ancient monument, Roman fort and amphitheatre at Richborough, near Sandwich, at the centre of the story of Roman&#8217;s in Britain has been targeted by illegal metal detectorists, reports KentOnline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34966,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34964\/revisions\/34966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}