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Name:Roman Cemetery, Ancaster
HER Number:MLI30330
Type of record:Monument

Summary

Roman cemetery, to the south of Ancaster.

Grid Reference:SK 982 434
Map Sheet:SK94SE
Parish:ANCASTER, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

A pit for a new corn silo dug in the floor of a barn at Ant House Farm, encountered 2 complete and 1 disturbed burial. The Roman cemetery was about 100 yards from the south wall on the east side of Ermine Street. Skeletons were found on the site and it seems to been later used as an Anglo-Saxon burial ground (30334). A stone coffin was found in about 1854 in Twelve Acre Close. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}


<1> BARLEY, M.W. ET AL, 1966, PARISH FILE, ANCASTER INTERIM (Unpublished Document). SLI4612.

<2> OS CARD INDEX, SK 94 SE:11,1965, BAIRD J (Index). SLI2354.

<3> TROLLOPE, E., 1854, ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, p.283 (Article in Serial). SLI333.

<4> TROLLOPE, E., 1870, ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, vol.27, pp.1-15 (Article in Serial). SLI338.

<5> South Kesteven records, SK 02.35 (Index). SLI6072.

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • CEMETERY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Events

  • Excavations at Ancaster

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument
  • Conservation Area

Sources and further reading

<1>Unpublished Document: BARLEY, M.W. ET AL. 1966. PARISH FILE. ANCASTER. ANCASTER INTERIM.
<2>Index: OS CARD INDEX. ANCASTER. SK 94 SE:11,1965, BAIRD J.
<3>Article in Serial: TROLLOPE, E.. 1854. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. p.283.
<4>Article in Serial: TROLLOPE, E.. 1870. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. vol.27, pp.1-15.
<5>Index: South Kesteven records. Ancaster. SK 02.35.

Related records

MLI30324Related to: Ancaster Roman Settlement (Monument)
MLI30334Related to: ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY, SOUTH OF ANCASTER (Monument)
MLI30327Related to: Romano-British Cemetery, Ancaster (Monument)
MLI30329Related to: Romano-British Cemetery, Ancaster (Monument)

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