Monument record 4946/1/2 - Possible Romano-British Mausoleum, Duston Roman Town

In 1908, during quarrying, a stone coffin containing an inhumation was discovered. Surrounding the coffin was a roughly built stone wall, possibly a mausoleum, although its size and shape was not recorded. It was close to the Roman 'villa'.

{1} "… on site of Roman villa… coffin surrounded by roughly built stone walls 4ft thick and of white limestone… seem to have formed some kind of building or chamber… shape of which has not yet been determined…".

{2} In 1908 a stone sarcophagus containing a skeleton but no other finds was discovered in Duston "on the site of the Roman villa". The coffin was surrounded by roughly built stone walls 4ft thick and of white limestone. These seem to have formed some kind of building or chamber, the shape of which has not yet been determined. The form of the burial and the evidence of a funerary structure suggest that this was probably a Roman burial.

<1> MARKHAM C.A., 1909, Proceedings of The Society of Antiquaries, p.252-4 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN22245.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.256 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

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