{"id":8103,"date":"2025-10-01T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=8103"},"modified":"2025-10-07T16:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:01:06","slug":"the-archaeology-of-london-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/the-archaeology-of-london-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Archaeology of London Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/669328355_f29bedce33_b.jpg\" alt=\"Roman layer opus signinum,\" class=\"wp-image-2825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/669328355_f29bedce33_b.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/669328355_f29bedce33_b-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/669328355_f29bedce33_b-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roman layer opus signinum,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Kevin Flude&#8217;s Walk for London Walks.  It normally starts in the early evening and from Exit 3 Bank Underground Station To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walks.com\/our-walks\/the-archaeology-of-london\/\">See if the walk is running soon follow this link.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legend says that London was founded as New Troy. Historians believed it was founded as Londinium after the Bridge was built by the legionaries of the Emperor Claudius in AD 43. &nbsp; Archaeologists in the 1970s and 1980s discovered that London was refounded as Lundenwic in the 7th Century and again in the 9th Century when it was called Lundeburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This walk tells the epic tale of the uncovering of London&#8217;s past by Archaeologists. 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