From the Stone, Bronze and Iron ages and onward through the invasions of Celtic tribes, who in turn resisted invasions of Julius Caesar's Roman armies, England had become host to a continual change in occupation. Then, Roman invaders finally conquered Britain in 43 a.d. along the southeast end of the English Channel.

In the spot where the City of Dover, Kent, is now situated, Romans used to anchor their fleets. Passing centuries saw the harbour silted up and a modern city built upon the now filled waterway.

From here, the Romans fanned out through the English countryside all the way to where Hadrian's Wall now stands just south of the border of Scotland.

These sites were heavily traveled throughout the first four centuries until the Romans withdrew in the year 450 a.d.

For the next fifteen hundred years England saw Saxon, Viking, Medieval and modern villages occupy her landscape. Think of it. More than six thousand years of habitation! Imagine the stuff lost in the soil!