| HER Number (PRN): | 06417 |
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| Name: | Excavation of possible extra mural cemetery, Wroxeter (c1970) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
Nine areas c2sq m were excavated here and a cat burial beneath two tegulae was found. Other features all proved to be rubbish pits.
| Parish: | Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ50NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 5612 0927 |
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Related records
| 33280 | Parent of: Triple-ditched enclosure, NW of Wroxeter defences (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA5703 - 1970(?) excavations by Houghton of a possible western extra-mural cemetery
Description
Excavations were carried out in an area indicated on an A Baker AP as being of interest. Nine areas c2sq m were opened and a cat burial beneath two tegulae was found. Other features all proved to be rubbish pits. There was considerable evidence of plough damage <1>
OTHER REPORTS <2>
CMHTS Record Sheet <3>
CMHTS Report <4>
<01> Houghton A W J, 1971, Wroxeter, Salop: Roman Research Group (Article in serial). SSA11876.
<02> Wilson D R, 1972, Roman Britain in 1971 (Article in serial). SSA11878.
<03> Dalwood Hal & White Roger H, 1993/ 1996, CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Wroxeter, Wroxeter 6417 (Record form). SSA19976.
<04> White Roger H & Dalwood Hal, 1996, Archaeological Assessment of Wroxeter, Shropshire (CMHTS) (Historic landscape survey report). SSA12089.
Sources
| [01] | SSA11876 - Article in serial: Houghton A W J. 1971. Wroxeter, Salop: Roman Research Group. W Midlands Archaeol News Sht. Vol 14. p12-13. |
| [02] | SSA11878 - Article in serial: Wilson D R. 1972. Roman Britain in 1971. Britannia. Vol 3. p316-317. |
| [03] | SSA19976 - Record form: Dalwood Hal & White Roger H. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Wroxeter. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 13. Wroxeter 6417. |
| [04] | SSA12089 - Historic landscape survey report: White Roger H & Dalwood Hal. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Wroxeter, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 356. |
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 3 2018 10:41AM |
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