Roman cinerary urns at The Vicarage (EHER 9331)

A possible Roman cremation cemetery with cinerary urns was found in the 19th century.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Supposed site of Roman Cemetery (NR). <1> In 1858 a new vicarage was built in a field in which broken urns, 'mixed with black dust' had previously been found in ploughing. About 1860 many broken 'sepulchral urns of Romano-British type' were dug up in the vicarage garden. Others were found in 1866, when building the north aisle of the church, and the sexton said that he often made similar finds in the churchyard. Nothing was found in building the school on the other side of the road. A fine bronze key of Roman date <2> may be from the same site. In 1955 Mr Smallwood and Mr Jarman tested the vicarage garden for further remains, but without results. <3> <4> June 1950. Field visit. The present vicar was unable to help concerning the mid 19th century finds and did not know of any further finds having been made in this area. <5> 1974-1975. Excavation. Recent excavation by M. Corbishley (1974-5) revealed medieval features but no Roman. <6> 1996. Evaluation. Site further investigated in 1996. No Roman features found. <7> See also: <8>