Archaeologists find graves of high-status Romans in Somerset

Discovery of unusual cemetery in Somerton offers clues as to standing of those buried there

The resting places of more than 50 adults and children have been found in an unusual Roman cemetery unearthed during building work for a new school in Somerset.

Archaeologists say the discovery at Somerton, near Glastonbury, sheds significant light on life and death in the south-west of Britain after the Roman invasion.