Viggen Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 A Roman grave has been uncovered during building works at a school in Cheddar in Somerset. Construction of the new IT block at the Kings of Wessex School was paused when the skeleton was found during digging of a gas main. full article at the BBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil25 Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Then it must date from a late period, Romans did not usually resort to inhumation until Christianity emerged. Cremation was the usual Roman practice. Is this, therefore, a late burial, or a celt buried according to their custom? I wonder, Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 (edited) Maybe by the Christian era, cremation was no longer a strong practice. Christian influence and majority maybe doesn't allows for cremation any more.Quote " He had been buried orientated north-south which indicates he was a pagan, as Christian graves are normally east-west." Nothing unusual really. Edited January 22, 2006 by FLavius Valerius Constantinus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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