The Roman Cemetery at Lankhills
Author(s)
Clarke, Giles
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Language
EnglishAbstract
Outside the north gate of Venta Belgarum, Roman Winchester, a great cemetary stretched for 500 yards along the road to Cirencester. Excavations at Lankhills from 1967 to 1972 uncovered 451 graves, many elaborately furnished, at the northern limits of this cemetery, and dating from the fourth century A.D. This book, the second in a two-part study of Venta Belgarum, which forms the third volume of Winchester Studies, describes the excavations of these burials and analyses in detail both the graves and their contents. There are detailed studies and important re-assessments of many categories of object, but it is the information about late Roman burial, religion, and society which is of special interest.
Keywords
History; Ancient; RomeISBN
9781803270098Publisher
Archaeopress PublishingPublisher website
https://www.archaeopress.com/Publication date and place
2021Imprint
Archaeopress Publishing LtdClassification
European history