On one of my first visits to a mountaintop site in West Virginia, I stood on the edge of a vast area under excavation.

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Standing in the Grand Hammam excavation area, I could see the ruins of ancient chamber areas and air circulation passages that were slowly being restored.

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The first works involve digging the new line through the Monktonhall area and the excavation of the site for the new Shawfair station.

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An area of the Ridgeway was fenced off on Wednesday in preparation for the 50, 000 sq-m excavation of the area.

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Archaeologists said the excavation, in Navenby, could help them trace Roman occupation in the area from AD55.

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In August 2012, an excavation began in a city council car park - the only open space remaining in the likely area - which quickly identified buildings connected to the church.

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