Monument record 8586/0/1 - Roman cremation burial, Glendon

A high status 2nd-3rd century AD Romano-British cremation burial was found during an archaeological evaluation of the surrounding medieval deserted settlement in 2005. Cremated bone was found both within and around a ceramic vessel. The burial included three glass vessels and currently the only recorded instance in Britain of charred figs, probably included as pyre goods.

{1} Archaeological evaluation was undertaken in 2005 for a Time Team production with the aim of defining the form and date of the medieval deserted settlement of Glendon. A high-status 2nd-3rd century AD Roman cremation burial was excavated as part of the evaluation. The burial comprised a combined unurned and urned deposit, principally unurned with the c40% of the bone contained in a ceramic vessel. The remains of three glass vessels had been deposited as grave goods. Charred plant remains included a possible grain of garden pea, several fragments of hazelnut and three fruits of fig. No further features of Romano-British date were conclusively identified.

<1> MCKINLEY J.I., 2005, Glendon Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire Assessment of the Results from the Archaeological Evaluation (Report). SNN105320.

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