A child’s grave and pits full of bone shards, tooth enamel, bead necklaces and Roman roofing have been discovered in the massive archaeological dig which has turned Camp Farm, in Maryport, into a hotbed of Roman finds this [past] summer.
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“If this is the case then this is a very exciting discovery - an early post-Roman Christian religious site occupied at the same time as other famous early Christian sites at Whithorn and at Hoddom in nearby Dumfriesshire.”
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Speculation that the acidic soils may once have been home to a major building began last year. Wilmot said the emergence of a tiny surviving fragment of ancient textile was “nothing less than miraculous”.
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“As far as the structures are concerned it’s looking as if there are at least two phases of construction.
Three generations of Roman graves found alongside "miraculous" textiles at Maryport