Thomas, J. A., Addison, H., Beamish, M. G., Browning, J. C., Buckley, R., Cooper, L., Cooper, N., Holst, M., Johnson, E., Keefe, K., Monckton, A., Morgan, G., Radini, A., Sawday, D. and Small, R. (2017). New Light on Leicester's Southern Roman Cemetery: Recent Excavations at the Junction of Oxford Street and Newarke Street. Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 91. Vol 91, Leicester: Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society. pp. 45-96. https://doi.org/10.5284/1107401. Cite this via datacite
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New Light on Leicester's Southern Roman Cemetery: Recent Excavations at the Junction of Oxford Street and Newarke Street | ||
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Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 91 | ||
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Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society | ||
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45 - 96 | ||
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Excavations at the junction of Oxford Street and Newarke Street revealed a well-preserved sequence of archaeology reflecting prehistoric, Roman and medieval occupation. Prehistoric evidence consisted of a scatter of struck flints and a pit containing Neolithic pottery. Early Roman evidence included a pit and post-holes, in association with a complex of boundary gullies dated to the later first–early second century. During the second–third century a large boundary ditch may have delimited the back edge of plots adjacent to the Tripontium Road, which led to the South Gate of the walled town. Three contemporary burials were associated with the boundary. By the fourth century, an area of the site formed part of the southern cemetery of the Roman town, and burials were found on either side of the earlier boundary; 17 burials were revealed, many of which were arranged in well-ordered rows similar to other burials from nearby excavations, interpreted as being buried in a Christian tradition. In other respects the burials from this site were different. Many contained grave goods, while others faced west, were decapitated or were buried in a prone position – strongly suggestive of a more pagan tradition of burial. Eight of the burials were radiocarbon dated and these results have been combined with artefactual information to refine the chronology of the cemetery. Medieval activity was reflected by a spread of large refuse and cess pits, and a malting kiln. During the seventeenth/eighteenth century the area was occupied by the town’s Civil War defensive earthworks, and a massive ditch running along Newarke Street was revealed. Following the disuse and infilling of this ditch a building was constructed alongside Newarke Street, relating to the early reoccupation of the south suburb following the Civil War. | ||
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2017 | ||
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03 Feb 2022 |
