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Pagans Hill Roman temple
51.3607° N, -2.6374° E
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The Pagans Hill Roman Temple was a Romano-British-style temple (Romano-Celtic temple) excavated on Pagans Hill at Chew Stoke in the English county of Somerset.
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First construction
late 3rd century
Ditch coin find
c. 335–337 CE
Final rebuild with internal screen
after about 367 CE
Latest datable coin (Arcadius)
383–408 CE
Collapse of last building
5th century
Exotic glass jar found in well
7th century
Discovery misidentified as beacon
1830
Excavation by Philip Rahtz
1949–1953
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