Roman Dog Burials in England Investigated - Archaeology Magazine

Roman Dog Burials in England Investigated - Archaeology Magazine

Dog bones from the Nescot shaft NESCOT, ENGLAND—New insights have been made about the enigmatic burial of dozens of Roman-era dogs in the Nescot shaft in Surrey, according to a Science News Today report. Archaeologists first explored the site in 2015. It was used as a Roman quarry and featured a series of deep pits cut into the chalk, which had been subsequently backfilled between the first and the fourth century a.d. One 13-foot-deep shaft cont…