Fossils
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Upper = bivalve, left = gastropod, right = ammonite, probably from Dundry (associated with the middle Jurassic inferior oolitic limestone, which dates to some 170 million years ago). Whether these fossils were curiosities, toys, or not regarded at all, is unknown.
Found at Brislington Roman villa site during the development of what is now Winchester Road in December 1899. The villa is contemporary with several others in the region, built about AD 270 as a working farm with workshops until destroyed by fire about AD 370.
Photographs exhibited with kind permission of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, which has this in its collection (reference number Fb6974).
Material: stone
Period: Romano-British
Find spot: Winchester Road, Brislington. ST 616709
Exhibit contributed by Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Text written by Dawn Witherspoon (2012) & Ken Taylor (2017)
Photographer: Ken Taylor
Acquisition number: 120316a8