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Cremation Cemetery
The late Iron Age cremation cemetery lasted after the Roman invasion of Britain until the last quarter of the First Century (around AD 65-75). Seventeen individuals were cremated and buried with grave goods. |
  Cremation pottery of some of the later cremations. |
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| Temple - Mausoleum Built whilst the Farmstead was thriving, the Temple - Mausoleum was probably in use until its destruction in the Fourth Century (around AD 350) when the Grand Villa was in use. The mausoleum housed at least four adults. Inside the building was an underground vault that contained four pedestals that could support two lead coffins or stone sarcophagi. Another probable function of the building is a temple, a place of worship for the gods. |
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 Reconstruction of Blue Bridge Mausoleum. |
 The mausoleum was decorated with both fine and coarse mosaics, wall paintings and carved stone. |
| Religion in The Early Roman/ Late Iron Age Period The Roman Empire permitted the practice of any religion so long as the religion recognised the Emperor of the Roman Empire as a god. After the Roman invasion of Britain it became common for the Pagan Gods, which were the gods of the Iron Age Britons, to be worshipped together with their Roman equivalents. |
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| Romano British Temples Temples such as the one at Blue Bridge appear throughout the countryside after the Roman invasion, however they seem to be connected with native Britain and Pagan gods rather than the Roman Empire. |
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