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Male burial at Arbury

Roman Burials at Arbury Road

History of Roman Burials at Arbury Road

In 1952 during excavation by Sindall Ltd, a massive stone coffin was discovered. it was determined that this is the site of a Romano-British cemetery used by occupants of villas and farmsteads adjoining Akeman Street. The most interesting feature was a chalk-built tomb erected over the body of a man who had been buried in a massive stone coffin with lead lining. the was another burial of a high status woman clearly associated with the man.

Female burial at Arbury

See Roman Burials at Arbury Road, 1952 by Clare Fell,Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1956.

Further Roman-British burials were found at Arbury Road in 1953.

Sculpture of possibly a War God found at Arbury (Mus. of Arch and Anth, Camb Uni.)

Sculpture found at Arbury Road (Mus. of Arch and Anth, Camb)

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