Nine Roman burial groups from the southern cemetery at Caesaromagus, Rothesay Avenue (EHER 83158)

In 1954, Major Brinson excavated one of nine burial groups which were discovered at Rothesay Avenue during the construction of a bungalow.

In 1954, nine burial groups came from foundation trenches for a new bungalow on the NE side of Rothesay Avenue, at the Moulsham Street End. Many fragments were recovered, and Major Brinson excavated one group without loss. They belong to the cemetery at Caesaromagus. The burial groups are the first good evidence for the density and date of the cemetery. The maximum distance between any two groups was about 6ft., and there were doubtless other inaccessible groups adjacent. The groups were of the 1st and 2nd centuries, with one late 3rd or early 4th century cremation. <1>