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Monument Number 193981
Hob Uid: 193981
Location : Somerset Mendip Street
Grid Ref : ST4888034620
Summary : Site of a Roman villa discovered in 1825, surface finds of Roman building debris.
More information : (ST 48883462) Roman Villa (Site of) (1) "The site of an extensive villa in Butleigh Bottom, in which, on a partial examination, were found coins of Claudius Gothicus and other Roman Emperors. There are extensive quarries near this spot, and the Roman road ran close to the villa". (2) Samian and other potsherds were picked up some time before 1850 near and east of the same spot. No traces are now visible, except that the ground has obviously been disturbed. (3) A Roman villa discovered in 1825 and sometimes referred to as at Butleigh Wooton or Butleigh Bottom. The site is correctly marked on the OS map just below the 200ft contour "Mr C W Phillips and the writer, in July 1949, noted fragments of Roman tiles, Ham Hill stone and dressed blue lias. If mosaics remain near the suface it appears that any future deep ploughing will disturb them". (4) Scheduled as a Roman villa. (5) Although this site is accepted as a villa by Dewar (4), Liversidge (6) and Dobson (7), Haverfield includes it among a number of dubious "villas" excavated 1820-30 by a local antiquarian, Samuel Hassell, an enthusiast who "saw foundations too easily". Dewar himself points out the unusual concentration of villas in this area, with the consequent shortage of farming land available to each. (6-7) ST 48823466: Signs of a road leading from the Roman villa, in drought-stricken grass, July 1949. (8) SO 65 Listed as the site of a Roman villa. (9)

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Source details : Pitney Pavement 1832 (Colt Hoare)
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Source details : (HSL Dewar)
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Vol(s) : 96, 1951

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Source details : List Ancient Monuments in England and Wales 1969 (M O W)
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Source details : Roman Villas in Britain 1948 (J Liversidge)
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Source details : Archaeology of Somerset 1931 (D P Dobson)
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Source details : CW Phillips AO 12-7-49
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Villa
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : SO 274
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Somerset)
External Cross Reference Number : 24708
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 43 SE 3
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1825-01-01
End Date : 1825-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 193981