In February I wrote about a significant discovery of decapitated burials from the Roman period which had been discovered in excavations in advance of the dreadful HS2 project. That post, which was based upon an article on Live Science, can be seen at Losing one’s head in Roman Britain
Live Science returns in part to the theme of Roman beheadings in a new post about a series of discoveries in west Wales - the site is sensibly not yet identified - which suggests continuing settlement from the Bronze Age into the Iron Age and into the later stages of Roman Britain. Two interesting Roman burials of men in their twenties were opened up. One had been decapitated - whether causing or after his death is not clear - and a second appeared to be of a mercenary who had perhaps settled in the area and then died of an ear infection. He had been buried with some of his equipment. Interestingly his body was face-down in his now decayed coffin.
The online article can be seen at Remains of Roman mercenary and beheaded victim found at ancient site in UK
The excavation has been carried out by an Irish team, and I was slightly amused to see how they were dating the end of the early middle ages to 1169 - no 1066, or the Welsh 1284 ….
The discovery of a very large Roman villa near Banbury is set out by the Banbury Guardian in an article at Why the Romans built a huge villa near Banbury - Time Team's dig reveals valuable evidence and artist's impressions show an incredibly beautiful site
Meanwhile the threat to the Roman site at Silvhester by proposals for a solar panel farm is set out by the Mail Online at Roman village of Silchester 'under threat from solar farm plans'
No comments:
Post a Comment