Many relics are found in the Roman graveyard at Alderney

More Roman artifacts were discovered in a graveyard hole in Alderney.

More Roman artifacts were discovered in a graveyard hole in Alderney.

Dr. Jason Monaghan, director of the Guernsey Museum, brought a group of archaeologists to Alderney after finding a skull thought to be Roman, found by nearby builders.

Later, Dr. Monaghan discovered many remains of cremation still in the grave that might belong to the Iron Age, some types of stones and tombs in a ditch.

Experts also said that an estimated five tombs were found.

Many relics are found in the Roman graveyard at Alderney Picture 1Many relics are found in the Roman graveyard at Alderney Picture 1

Many evidence is found to support the theory that this area was in or before the Roman period.

Dr. Monaghan said the new archaeological artifacts were brought to Guernsey for further investigation, which would eventually be returned to the Alderney Museum.

We took the skeleton to study last week. At the same time, we also found a second crematorium completely intact.

" We took the crematorium out of the jar and it seemed like there was a big crate over there cremated the crematorium. In addition, we found many other cremation artifacts that had not been specifically identified. How many artifacts are stuck in the graveyard ditch " .

There are also many prospects that evidence of the ancient Roman building will be discovered in the future.

" We found nearly 20 archaeological traces related to the trench, including ditches, ditches, a few walls, perhaps it was part of a nearby building, " he added.

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