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6th century BC - 7th century AD

Roman villa of Miroiço

Roman
villa
, occupied between the 1st century BC and 6th century AD (possibly until the Islamic Medieval period), in an area of high farming potential, overlooking the Caparide river. Remains were largely from waste areas - no structures corresponding to the villa's
pars urbana
and/or
pars rustica
were found, other than a ceramic oven, probably Roman. The best-known occupation in the area corresponds to the
necropolis
, where 33 graves were studied, including one incineration grave from the High-Imperial era. The remaining
inhumation
graves are from the Low-Imperial era and Late Antiquity, and open directly in the ground (in some cases delimited by lateral braces forming rectangular boxes). An anthropological study determined the minimum number of individuals: 49 adults and 28 non-adults, distributed in individual graves and ossuaries. Most skeletons were found in
dorsal decubitus
(lying on the back), with burials oriented towards the east.
Not Visitable
View of grave in Roman villa of Miroiço de Manique, S. Domingos de Rana. © CMC | DABP | NPHC

Typology

Rural property | Villa / Casal, Necropolis, Oven

Archeological interventions

1999

Suggested reading

Oliveira, F. de P.(1888-1892) - Antiquités préhistoriques et romaines des environs de Cascaes. Lisboa: [s.n.].

Encarnação, J. d' (1968) - Notas sobre alguns vestígios romanos no Concelho de Cascais. Estoril: Junta de Turismo da Costa do Sol.

Cardoso, G. (1991) - Carta arqueológica do Concelho de Cascais. Cascais: Câmara Municipal de Cascais.

Encarnação, J.(2005) - A presença romana em Cascais: um território da Lusitânia ocidental. Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Arqueologia. Cascais: Câmara Municipal de Cascais.

Cardoso, G.; Encarnação, J.(2010) - Roteiros do Património da Cascais: Património Arqueológico. Cascais: Câmara Municipal de Cascais.

Address

Miroiço, Manique, Cascais

Useful links

Cascais Culture - Archaeological Heritage - https://cultura.cascais.pt/listagens/patrimonio-arqueologico

Identification code​

LxR1105071

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