The upper Walbrook valley cemetery of Roman London: excavations at Finsbury Circus, City of London, 1987–2007 Richard Lithgow

Richard Lithgow

and comprehensive analysis and discussion of the burials and their context in Part ii

This volume provides evidence for the Barge

The next phase in Bankside’s history was industrial and its glass and pottery products of the 17th and 18th centuries were much sought after

With contributions from Paul Binski

The upper Walbrook valley cemetery of Roman London: excavations at Finsbury Circus, City of London, 1987–2007 Richard Lithgow2015 Chiz Harward, Natasha Powers and Sadie Watson The unusual quantity of skulls found in the sediments of the Roman Walbrook stream in London has been attributed to a range of causes, from the disposal of massacre victims to the continuity of a largely imagined pre Roman cult of the head. Excavations in Finsbury Circus offer a more prosaic explanation. Here, a cemetery occupied marginal land where human remains, particularly skulls, were frequently