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Cestayrols

villa
Type
villa
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Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (PECS)

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CESTAYROLS Tarn, France.

Near Larroque. The heating part of a fairly rich villa, which seems to have been occupied from about A.D. 30 until the 3d c., was excavated in 1965 and 1966. Nearby some tombs of a “Visigothic” cemetery were investigated at this time.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

R. Cubaynes & F. Lasserre, “Le cimetière wisigothique de Larroque-Cestayrols (Tarn),” Ogam 28 (1966) 303-10 & pls. 97-100; cf. M. Labrousse in Gallia 24 (1966) 446 & fig. 38; 26 (1968) 553; F. & R. Cubaynes, “Le mobilier de la villa gallo-romaine de Larroque-Cestayrols,” Fédération tarnaise de spéléoarchéologie 9 (1972) 94-102.

M. LABROUSSE

Location

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