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The Cambridgeshire Crucifixion: Albion Archaeology on TV and in the British Museum

Albion Archaeology discovered a large, previously unknown Roman roadside settlement in 2017 while carrying out an excavation in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire on behalf of Tilia Homes (previously Kier Living). Finding Roman burials on such a site is common, and this was no exception – yet one of the people buried at Fenstanton had been crucified.

C WattsApril 5, 2024roman, romano-british, crucifixion, fenstanton, cambridgeshire

Nationally significant pits found

Perhaps the most exciting discovery within c.100ha of archaeological investigations undertaken by Albion in advance of development to the north of Houghton Regis is that of a dozen large Mesolithic pits. This was an unexpected discovery and is highly significant given the rarity of features of this period – they represent the largest group of such features found to date in England.

Hester Cooper-ReadeMay 2, 2023roman, romano-british, crucifixion, fenstanton, cambridgeshire

Roman crucifixion burial at Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire

Albion Archaeology discovered a large, previously unknown Roman roadside settlement in 2017 while carrying out an excavation in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire on behalf of Tilia Homes (previously Kier Living). Finding Roman burials on such a site is common, and this was no exception – yet one of the people buried at Fenstanton had been crucified.