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This archive image for Day\u00a0 236 of the VM_365 project shows a Roman cremation burial under excavation on the Monkton Gas Pipeline in 1983.\u00a0 A small\u00a0 cemetery of nine graves including inhumations and cremations was found near Thorne Farm during the installation of the gas pipeline.<\/p>\n
The image above shows Grave 6, a cremation contained in a large globular amphora (Dressel type 20). The upper edges of the vessel, including the handles and the rim, were missing; lost through plough damage or stripping the soil for the pipeline.\u00a0 An adult and a young child were represented by the cremated bones. The bones of small rodents and amphibians , frogs or toads, were found in a soil deposit above the cremated bone. \u00a0 These creatures had presumably been trapped in the hollow void above the cremation deposit in the vessel after its burial.<\/p>\n
The location of cremation and inhumation cemeteries of Roman date can be seen on our map of Roman Thanet shown on Day 61<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This archive image for Day\u00a0 236 of the VM_365 project shows a Roman cremation burial under excavation on the Monkton Gas Pipeline in 1983.\u00a0 A small\u00a0 cemetery of nine graves including inhumations and cremations was found near Thorne Farm during the installation of the gas pipeline. The image above shows Grave 6, a cremation contained … Continue reading VM_365 Day 236 Roman cemetery site, Thorne, near Cliffsend<\/span>