| Summary : A Roman mausoleum is visible as a cropmark on air photographs. Excavations in 1958 revealed the site of a Roman mausoleum dating to the first half of the 2nd century AD, consisting of a central rectangular monument, with a burial shaft, bounded by a precinct wall. Other burials were found immediately outside the enclosure, with finds of 2nd, 3rd and 4th century pottery, sculptured stones, building tiles and two 4th century Roman coins. The site was probably one of the cemeteries of Corstopitum (Corbridge) and appears to have been dismantled in the mid 4th century. |
More information : [NY 97586496] Mausoleun [GSC] (site of) [TI] (1)
In 1949 the crop mark of a presumed Romano-Celtic temple at NY 976649, 750 yds west of the Corstopitum storehouse, was photographed from the air. Excavations in 1958 revealed the site to be a Roman mausoleum of the first half of the 2nd century AD, consisting of a central rectangular monument, with burial shaft, bounded by a precinct wall; other burials were found immediately outside this enclosure. Finds included pottery shards of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th centuries, sculptured stones, building tiles and two 4thc. coins. The site was probably one of the cemeteries of Corstopitum and appear to have been dismantled in the mid-4th century. (2-3)
There are no surface indications of the site which falls within an arable field. (4)
A Roman mausoleum is visible as a cropmark on air photographs at NY 9757 6500. A rectangular precinct wall encloses an area measuring 38m by 41m. Traces of an internal mausoleum are visible as a diffuse cropmark.
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Further air photographs taken in 2006 show the mausoleum quite clearly, including the outer precinct wall, the inner mausoleum with a central grave pit. Additionally, on opposing sides of the precinct wall, excavation trenches from 1958 are clealy visible straddling the precinct wall. (6)
Scheduled (7)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (8) |