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Remains of a Roman settlement have been found on the proposed site of a new cemetery.
The findings were unearthed during a recent archaeological dig at the so-called Baker's field site near Long Leys Road in Lincoln.
Fragments of pottery, gullies for farming and animal bones were discovered during the survey, suggesting that the site was once a Roman-era farm.
Local opponents of the cemetery plan had hoped that the discovery might derail it but this now seems unlikely to happen.
Lincoln City Council's archaeologist Dr Mick Jones said that, although the find was interesting, nothing outstanding had been unearthed.
"What we have found is not of sufficient importance to stop the development going ahead," he said.
Full story from This is Lincolshire
Remains of a Roman settlement have been found on the proposed site of a new cemetery.
The findings were unearthed during a recent archaeological dig at the so-called Baker's field site near Long Leys Road in Lincoln.
Fragments of pottery, gullies for farming and animal bones were discovered during the survey, suggesting that the site was once a Roman-era farm.
Local opponents of the cemetery plan had hoped that the discovery might derail it but this now seems unlikely to happen.
Lincoln City Council's archaeologist Dr Mick Jones said that, although the find was interesting, nothing outstanding had been unearthed.
"What we have found is not of sufficient importance to stop the development going ahead," he said.
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