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The Romano-British ‘Aedicule’ from Sheepwash Grange, Canwick, Lincolnshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2020

Paul Everson  and
David Stocker
Paul Everson
Affiliation:
School of History, University of Keeleeverson6@btinternet.com
David Stocker
Affiliation:
Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leedsimsds@leeds.ac.uk
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Abstract

A stone fragment from recent excavations at Sheepwash Grange near Lincoln is illustrated and discussed. Initially thought to be an early medieval, Christian grave-marker, because of its excavated context, its original form is reconstructed as a carved stone aedicule of Roman date and interpreted as a lararium. The building depicted is timber framed. Analogies from Britain prove at best partial, but contemporary objects of similar form in the Rhineland and Saarland regions provide close parallels and invite discussion of the connection this evidences. While the excavations included a villa complex likely to be the aedicule's immediate context, the location is an ancient river crossing distinctively marked by repeated activity from earliest prehistory.

Keywords

aediculelarariumtimber framingrural religionhousehold shrineRhinelandSaarlandriver Withamgoddess Nantosuelta
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Britannia , Volume 51 , November 2020 , pp. 360 - 375
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Copyright © The Authors, 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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With a contribution by RUBEN LOPEZ and CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR

Network Archaeology Ltd, Lincoln (R.L.) rubenl@netarch.co.uk

Network Archaeology Ltd, Lincoln (C.T.) christ@netarch.co.uk

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