Pagans Hill Revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11612320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Rahtz (corresponding author), Lorna Watts, George C Boon, George Boon, Henry Cleere, Andrew David, Vera I Evison, Vera Evison, Anthony Freeman (0000-0002-2883-9065), Roberta Gilchrist (0000-0002-1967-2558), Martin Henig (0009-0002-2227-0362), Patrick Ottaway, Jennifer Price (0009-0003-7135-6899), Ann Woodward |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 146 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 330-371 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00665983.1989.11021294 |
| OpenAlex | W2049961962 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 19 |
This report reviews and updates the evidence from the Roman temple site of Pagans Hill, Chew Stoke, North Somerset, which was partly excavated between 1949 and 1953. This includes a revised terminus post quem for the initial building of the temple complex of c. A.D. 262 and an emphasis of the importance of the location of the well on the axis of a planned layout. This is accompanied by a resumé of a reassessment by George Boon of the sculpture of the torso of a dog found in the well in 1951; this was formerly dated to the sixteenth century, but is now redated to the Roman period, and assigned to a group of temple sculpture. This has also stimulated discussion about the dedication of the temple, possibly to Apollo Cunomaglus. There is also a new review by Professor Vera Evison of the Anglo-Saxon glass jar from the temple well and other comparable vessels.A further excavation in 1986 clarified certain ambiguous points in the earlier work, and added some new data, notably of prehistoric (Neolithic/Early Bronze Age and? Iron Age) use of the site, and of the construction of the Roman well. Finds reports include details of a collection of flints, prehistoric pottery, and industrial refuse; a review of the consolidated coin evidence, the first assessment of any faunal remains from the site and details of objects found by metal-detecting, the latter including a note on a rare coin of Edward the Confessor
Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
Animals in Roman life and art
IV.— Anglo-Saxon Finds near Rainham, Essex, with a Study of Glass Drinking-horns
Romano-Celtic Temple Architecture
Grave Orientation
Third-Century Counterfeiting at Whitchurch, Somerset
Neolithic Axes From Roman Sites in Britain
Anglo-Saxon and Later Medieval Glass in Britain
Three Post-Roman finds from the Temple Well at Pagans Hill, Somerset
Religion in Roman Britain
A Roman Writing Tablet from Somerset
An Assemblage of Palaeolithic Hand-Axes from the Roman Religious Complex at Ivy Chimneys, Witham, Essex
Selected groups of bones from skeldergate and walmgate
The Christian Church in Roman Britain
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2012 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |