The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near ShrewsburyWright, Thomas
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The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury
Wright, Thomas
Romans -- England -- Wroxeter; Wroxeter (England) -- Antiquities, Roman
10. Skulls of the dog; one, that of a dog of the mastiff kind, of an
unknown species. Bones of horse, ox, roe, and red deer, (_Cervus
elaphus_); also fragments of the horn of a species allied to the elk of
Ireland, (_Strongylocerus spelæus_.) Very numerous remains of the wild
boar, including bones of the hoof, jaw, and tusks.
Among other bones of the ox are some of a very large kind, now unknown in
this country.
Also, the crania of the _Bos longifrons_, more than one bearing evident
marks of the fatal blow of the axe on the forehead.
11. Specimens of _mended_ pottery:—1. Samian ware. 2. Upchurch. 3.
Romano-British pottery.
12. Slabs of stone for grinding or mixing colours, painters’ pallettes.
13. Specimen of Hepatic iron ore. Ditto of Barytes or heavy spar.
14. Iron tire of a wheel, 3ft. 3ins. in diameter, 1½ inch in breadth.
Two iron hoops, supposed to have belonged to the nave of the same wheel.
15. Two hoops of another nave, with the wood remaining between them.
Human Remains.
1. PARTS of three human skeletons found in the hypocaust B. Two of the
skulls are almost entire, and one is broken into fragments. The latter
is remarkable for its great thickness. One of the two former from its
form, is most probably the head of a female, and the bones of the pelvis
of one skeleton are also characteristic of the female sex. One jaw-bone
must have belonged to a very old person, as not only the teeth but even
the sockets are gone. One hundred and thirty-two coins were found in the
hypocaust with these skeletons. See page 41.
2. Five human heads, and other parts of human skeletons, were first dug
up in the orchard, near the river. Of these, _four_ were singularly
deformed,—the one eye being in advance of the other and the face oblique.
Ten other skulls have since been found in the same place, and have been
arranged in the Museum. Of the ten above-mentioned _three_ are deformed
like the others, four are so broken and defective that their form cannot
be ascertained, three are not deformed. One of the latter is a very
large skull, well formed, but with very strong projecting cheek (_malar_)
bones, and a projecting occiput.
3. The principal bones of a skeleton (female?) belonging to one of the
skulls, stretched on a board (as well as could be done _on the spot_)
just as it lay in the ground.
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