Having seen Christine's temple details at Swindon a thought to keep in mind
is that the romans often decorated their baths and buildings with statues
and other artifacts giving the impression of religious attribution. In fact
they are often secular.
For example Malvern Post Office has a statue of Appollo over the door but it
is not a temple, other than to mammon.
Bruce Osborne
On Fri, 21 May 1999 20:11:05 +0100, stephen buckley wrote:
> 'The Guardian' newspaper reported today some preliminary results from
trial
> excavations and geophysical surveys of a site near Swindon, discovered a
> couple of years ago. The complex of Roman buildings appears to have
included
> a temple; fine mosaic, fresco fragments and a silver bowl have so far
been
> found. 'Nothing remains above ground of its shrines, but green boggy
patches
> in the field mark springs that still well up 1,600 years after the temple
> disappeared. . . . At the centre there was probably a fountain shrine to
a
> water nymph.' Excavations are due to continue this year. I have tried and
> failed to find anything about it on the Net (or is it the Web -- I'm still
a
> technophobe at heart).
>
> The entire hillside also retains Roman terracing: 'a far rarer survival
than
> the temple'.
>
> Christine Buckley
>
>
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