Uley

The Romans built a temple at West Hill, near Uley, on the site of an earlier prehistoric shrine [1]. Following the laying of a water main pipe there in 1976, many discoveries were made including numerous Roman writing tablets or lead curse tablets from the temple area [1]. These writing tablets appear often to relate to theft, and here the mention of animals and farm implements is a regular theme [1]. Other remains from this temple, including a fine stone head of Mercury, can now be seen in the British Museum [1].