Excavations at Leicester Cathedral, a building constructed by the Normans over 900 years ago, have been under archaeological scrutiny since the digs began in October 2021. Long believed to be a site of worship since the Roman occupation of Britain , the most recent of these archaeological discoveries has yielded fruit and added substance to the legend.
An altar stone within the cellar or subterranean chamber of a Roman building is potentially the remains of a private shrine or cult room, speculate the archaeologists. Additionally, the team found rare artifacts from the Anglo-Saxon period, including a potential building, and the first Anglo-Saxon coin found in Leicester in almost 20 years.
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