Skull fragment
Category
Archaeological material
Date
43 AD - 410 AD
Materials
Human bone
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Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
NT 74016.2
Summary
Human skull fragment - 186.2 and human bone fragments 186.3 belonging to an infant aged approximately 2 months old. The remains were found in a stone cist (74016.1). There are approximately 42 pieces of bone in the assemblage which were found with pottery, animal bone, tile and an oyster shell.
Provenance
Discovered in 1935 during an excavation of the South Wing by St. Clair Baddeley.