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Acy Romance mortuary and ritual complex by Andy B on Wednesday, 06 April 2016

The mortuary and ritual complex at Acy Romance is represented by two cemeteries,
each of which flank and overlook the contemporary settlement at La Warde . One of these cemeteries, ‘La Croizetter’ was located on a limestone ridge overlooking the settlement and consisted of a rectangular enclosure associated with twenty eight cremation burials. The majority of these burials (twenty one) lay inside the enclosure, as well as a large rectangular structure consisting of twelve postholes, measuring approximately 9 metres in square.

The structure was located around a central pit containing cremated bone. Some of the earliest burials in this group originated in the middle of the second century B.C., but over half dated between 120–110 and 70–60 B.C., at which time the enclosure and the shrine were constructed. Evidence of brooches, belt chains and glass bracelets and anklets, as well as a significant quantity of animal bone was recovered from within the burials. It has been suggested was this material was placed within the body on the cremation pyre rather than being deliberately deposited. Additional to this complex, excarnated remains have been found at the settlement of La Warde, as well as evidence of cremated remains, from the first century A.D.

More, with references in Ritual Landscapes of Pre-Roman Britain: The Margins of Practice on the Margins of the Empire by Nicky Garland
from TRAC 2012: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference. Oxford: Oxbow Books (2013) [p189]
https://www.academia.edu/15352488/Ritual_Landscapes_of_Pre-Roman_Britain_The_Margins_of_Practice_on_the_Margins_of_the_Empire

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