The temple and burials
What was the temple like?
The temple was built between two of the defensive ditches. Unfortunately the archaeologists didn’t have time to excavate all of the building.
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1. The archaeologists only found the stone foundations of the western end of the building.
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2. The temple was an imposing building. A doorway led into a large room with two rows of columns.
How many burials were found?
The graves were spread out across the site. Some contained inhumations and some contained cremated bone. The archaeologists found 7 inhumations and 3 cremations near to the temple. At the old vicus site there were 7 more inhumations and a further 2 inhumations were found close to the river.
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3. This burial was found near to the bathhouse. It was the grave of a small child.
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4. This burial was found in the vicus area. It was the grave of a woman aged over 35 years. She may have died from tuberculosis.
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