ARCHAEOLOGIST Dr Bryn Walters says it is about time something was done to uncover, preserve and encourage visitors to the Roman site which lies beneath Groundwell Ridge.

He has a point.

Speak to any sneering fool who has never been to Swindon, and as sure as Pavlov's dogs drooled he will say we have no culture, no history.

Incontrovertible proof to the contrary waits beneath Abbey Meads.

It is time to prove our detractors wrong.