Editing St Martin-in-the-Fields (section)

===Roman era===
Excavations at the site in 2006 uncovered a group of burials dating from c A.D. 350, including a sarcophagus burial dating from c. A.D. 410.<ref name=bbcg>{{cite news |title=Ancient body prompts new theories |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6196972.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date=1 December 2006 |access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref> The site is outside the city limits of [[Roman London]] (as was the usual Roman practice for burials) but is particularly interesting for being so ''far'' outside (1.6&nbsp;km or 1 statute mile west-south-west of [[Ludgate]]), and this is leading to a reappraisal of Westminster's importance at that time. The burials are thought by some to mark a Christian centre of that time (possibly reusing the site or building of a [[pagan]] temple{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}) or possibly even developing around the shrine of a martyr.