Find Spot record 1641/0/0 - Roman sarcophagus, relocated from Roman town

Detailed descriptions of architectural fragment & statue;,Headless & legless torso of male nude found; well executed in local stone but much weathered; found built into wall; now at Northampton Museum; capital found in 1879 now held at Chester House; indicates building of architectural pretensions; drawing;,In north corner of "outer temple yard" a carved capital & torso of limestone statue of nude male figure were discovered apparently incorporated into wall overlying boundary of yard; photograph of statue;
{4} The stone capital and the stone Sarcophagus piece have been removed safely from their original sites and are now stored undercover at Victoria Mills, Wellingborough.
{5} Brief for safe removal of capital and sarcophagus

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.94 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Doubleday H A (ed), 1902, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.181 (checked) (Series). SNN100368.

<4> Gunning A., 2001, Correspondence, (unchecked) (Correspondence). SNN101138.

<5> Cadman G., 1999, Irchester, Chester Farm: Guidance Brief For Safe Storage of a Roman Capitol & Sarcophagus Fragment, (unchecked) (Report). SNN101139.

<6> Woodfield P., 1978, Roman Architectural Masonry From Northamptonshire, p.71 (unchecked) (Article). SNN101140.

<7> Cadman G., 1999, Irchester, Chester Farm, (unchecked) (Photographic prints (COL)). SNN101141.

<8> CADMAN G.E., 1990, Irchester: field survey notes November 1990, (checked) (Unpublished Report). SNN55223.

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Aug 6 2014 3:29PM