I dig u – 2,000-year-old Cupid figurine among Roman artefacts found on major route
12 February 2021 Made of solid bronze with wings and holding a flaming, the figurine was discovered in a deposit of charcoal and may have been an offering to the gods. The almost 2,000-year-old figurine depicting Cupid, the Roman God of love was discovered along with a bow-shaped brooch, and a Roman or early Saxon skeleton. The items were found along the proposed 3.4-mile stretch of the new A417 Missing Link route and go some way to showing what life in the area was like thousands of years ago. The Cupid figurine is a rare find, with less than 50 known in the UK, and is one of only th...
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