Monument record 2162/0/6 - Roman double burial, south-east of Grange Farm

Emergency excavation of a double burial was undertaken after the discovery of a human skull in a service trench. Both skeletons were tentatively identified as female. One had received a signifiacnt blow to the head which was probably the cause of death. Radiocarbon dating of this skeleton produced a date of 80-239 cal AD.

{1} Emergency excavation of two skeletons in a pit was undertaken after a human skull was found during the excavation of a service trench in 2016. The two partial skeletons were both probably female and both had spinal joint disease. Only one skull was found. An unhealed sharp force wound to the centre of the frontal bone was likely to the casue of death. Radiocarbon dating of this skeleton has produced a date of 80-239 calAD. No signs of violent trauma were present on the other skeleton, although it is suggested that both were killed, possibly at the time of burial.

<1> Haskins, A, 2018, Romano-British double burial at Kettering Sewerage Routing, Northamptonshire: Excavation Report (Report). SNN111908.

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