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Excavations at the Roman Temple in Lydney Park, Gloucestershire in 1980 and 1981

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2011

P J Casey ,
B Hoffmann  and
J Dore
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Re-examination of the published evidence from the excavation of the Temple of Nodens at Lydney, Gloucestershire, by R E M Wheeler, FSA suggested a more complicated structural sequence than that postulated by the excavator, whilst detailed study of the numismatic evidence threw doubt on the traditional chronology. In the light of new phasing hypothesized from the theoretical work based on re-examination of the published data, selective re-excavation of coin dated features was undertaken. The results, confirming the theoretical work, suggest that the religious buildings had their inception in the second half of the third rather than in the middle of the fourth century, that there was a refurbishment in the fourth century but that there was serious deterioration of the structures after the middle of the century. Features attributed to the post-Roman period are seen to fall within a Roman chronology.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 79 , September 1999 , pp. 81 - 143
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1999

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