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Roman stone coffin
Bath stone coffin and lid. The lid is in two large pieces.
One of the most popular displays at the National Roman Legion Museum is a stone coffin that contains the partial skeleton of a Roman man. Made from a solid block of Bath stone, the coffin also contains the remains of grave goods that the occupant would need for the journey to the next life, including the base of a shale bowl and fragments of a once-spherical glass perfume or ointment bottle. The coffin dates to about AD 200.
The coffin was found in 1995 at the site of a Roman cemetery just outside Caerleon.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
98.1H/1
Find Information
Site Name: University of Wales College, Newport, Caerleon
Collection Method: chance find
Notes: from site of Rathmell Building
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