Summary: An ancient Roman oven has sat undisturbed for the past 2,000 years in Scotland, and curiously, it looks as though it's never been used, according to a new report.Roman ovens — which are composed of two interconnecting pits in the ground that together rese

An ancient Roman oven has sat undisturbed for the past 2,000 years in Scotland, and curiously, it looks as though it's never been used, according to a new report.

Roman ovens — which are composed of two interconnecting pits in the ground that together resemble a dug-out figure 8 — are usually covered with charcoal and ash left after cooking, the archaeologists said. The newfound oven also has these two pits, but it doesn't have any charcoal layers or scorching within it, said Maureen Kilpatrick, an archaeologist with GUARD Archaeology, a company based in Glasgow, Scotland.

"Unfortunately no ashy material was found in either of the pits, but the double-pit [shape] is very similar to other bread ovens which have been found on Roman military sites in Scotland," Kilpatrick told Live Science in an email.