Dr Gavin Speed is a Project Officer at University of Leicester Archaeological Unit (ULAS), he has over 15 years archaeological experience, having excavated on a range of archaeological projects both in the UK and abroad, he has particular expertise in Iron Age settlements, and Late Roman / early Anglo-Saxon archaeology.
University of Leicester Archaeological Services has recently finished the largest archaeological excavation in Leicester in over a decade in advance of a major new development.
The excavation at ‘Stibbe’ has shed vivid new light on the city’s Roman history, revealing evidence of luxurious dwellings including one of the biggest fragments of mosaic floor found in the city in 150 years. This talk reviews the recent and not-so-recent Roman discoveries from Roman Leicester, revealing much of the ancient Roman past.
