MAGNAC-LAVAL
Dept. Haute Vienne, France.
A number of Gallo-Roman dwellings have been found
in this commune. That at La Valette, located in 1965,
was found to contain several hypocausts and a pool. The
town alms-house (Hôpital hospice) has an important
collection of Gallo-Roman stones that includes a milestone dedicated to Tetricus, two funerary stelae with
carvings of people, a statue of Jupiter with a wheel,
burial chests, etc.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
J. Mathevet, “Le site gallo-romain de la
Valette,”
Bull. Soc. Arch. Hist. du Limousin (1968) 274.
P. DUPUY