Tommy Tainant
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![www.theguardian.com](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/450e64b34351cdd301899095183ed998702b5329/0_394_5280_3168/master/5280.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdG8tZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=fce7a273347880ab0989a6da3d886143)
‘Failure of Roman engineering on industrial scale’: discovery of water wells in England proves trial and error
‘Astonishingly preserved’ remains in Cambridgeshire give clues to substantial Romano-British industrial settlement
Well its n new thing when prohects go wrong. The romans must have been mightily disgruntled to see their well collapse.
Stories like this show how much of a tragedy was the Romans leaving Britain. How many centuries it set us back is anyones guess.
The romans had central heating while the Brits were painting their faces blue. And the Germans for that matter. And the French.