Roman burial in lead coffin horizontal July 2020

Credit: Infra Archaeology At Wellwick Farm, archaeologists believe the Bronze Age and Iron Age saw the addition of some domestic occupation. In a square enclosure on the site, archaeologists discovered a skeleton in a coffin that was lined with lead, with the outer coffin likely made of wood. Internal Asset No. 16775

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Roman burial in lead coffin horizontal July 2020: Credit: Infra Archaeology

At Wellwick Farm, archaeologists believe the Bronze Age and Iron Age saw the addition of some domestic occupation. In a square enclosure on the site, archaeologists discovered a skeleton in a coffin that was lined with lead, with the outer coffin likely made of wood.

Internal Asset No. 16775