Time Team S9E2 - The Roman's Panic - Ancaster, Lincolnshire
Time Team S9E2 - The Roman's Panic - Ancaster, Lincolnshire
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Ancaster has yielded numerous Roman finds as well as a large cemetery with several sarcophagi from the period. In addition, the church is known in British archaeology for a Roman inscription dedicated to the deity Viridius. Phil finds the cemetery level, while Carenza discovers a layer filled with jumbled up human remains mixed with other bones. In the cemetery, Phil eventually uncovers the lid of a possible sarcophagus, and its excavation could thus require certain precautions due to the potential for lead poisoning and presence of biological hazards. However, the object proves to be a cist burial, as well as hazard-free. Incredibly, one of the cist slabs also turns out to contain yet another inscription to the god Viridius. In the end, the archaeologists suggest that the massive defences were ordered to be put up by the Roman central administration in Britain, and completely disrupted the original town layout.
Released Jan 16, 1994
Runtime 50min
Genre Documentary, Mystery
Actor Gus Casely-Hayford, Natalie Haynes, Carenza Lewis
Director Tim Taylor
Production N/A