Monument record MWX3478 - Roman grave, 61 Radipole Lane, Weymouth

A skeleton in a shallow grave was discovered while digging foundations for an extension in Radipole Lane in 1977. It was the skeleton of a female with both femurs and both fibulae broken, the tibiae were intact. The woman was buried with a black burnished jar and iron artefacts.

A skeleton in a shallow grave was discovered while digging foundations in Radipole lane in 1977. It was the skeleton of a female with both femurs and both fibulae broken, the tibiae were intact. The woman was buried with a black burnished jar and iron artefacts.(1)

Wilson, D R (ed), 1975, 'Roman Britain in 1974: Southern Counties' Britannia (Article in serial). SDO17040.

<1> Boulter A and Squibb B (Compiled by Keen L), 1977, Dorset Archaeology in 1977: Weymouth, p125 (Article in serial). SWX2208.

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