Lexden Mount is a Roman-period burial mound on the western fringe of Camulodunum, the Late Iron Age oppidum and subsequently the Roman colonia of Colchester. It lies within the broader Lexden cemetery complex and is distinct from (though associated with) the famous Lexden Tumulus excavated in 1924, both forming part of an elite burial landscape active in the late 1st century BC and 1st century AD.
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The mound belongs to a cluster of high-status barrow burials associated with the ruling Trinovantian/Catuvellaunian elite of Camulodunum, possibly including members of Cunobelin's dynasty, making this one of the most important pre-Roman and early Roman aristocratic funerary landscapes in Britain. Such burials marked the territorial and ceremonial approach to the oppidum, defined by the Lexden dykes.
Unlike the adjacent Lexden Tumulus — which yielded an exceptional assemblage of imported Italian bronze, silver medallion of Augustus, amphorae, and chain mail — Lexden Mount itself has not been excavated to the same degree, and its surviving record is comparatively limited. It survives as an earthwork and is recognised within the scheduled Camulodunum monument, but specific finds attributable to it are sparse in the published record.
Lexden Mount is a Roman-period burial mound on the western fringe of Camulodunum, the Late Iron Age oppidum and subsequently the Roman colonia of Colchester. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.
Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum is classified as a Roman settlement — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum (0.4 km), Lexden Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum (0.5 km), Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum (0.7 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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