In Monthey, a few kilometers to the west of Massongex, remains of a villa were found at the locality Marendeu-Chenau. The excavations took place on several occasions, beginning in 1942. More excavations were announced in 2020. Building phases from the first to fifth century were identified. Three rooms with a hypocaust for heating formed part of baths. Amongst the finds from 1981 was a stone altar without an inscription.
View of the excavations in 2015. Photo: Paccolat et al. 2016, fig. 4.
Plan of the excavated remains. Paccolat et al. 2016, fig. 35.
The stone altar. Photo: JbSGUF 67 (1984), fig. 65.
Literature
Drack-Fellmann 1991, 181; Steiner 1994; Nuoffer 1997; Paccolat-Cuomo-Guex 2016.
Plus: Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte 33 (1942), 91-92; 45 (1956), 58; 47 (1958-1959), 192; 65 (1982), 202-203; 67 (1984), 220-222; Vallesia 50 (1995), 379-387.
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