More information : [SK 6098 9603] Roman villa excavated 1938-9. (1)
"At Stancil, two miles north east of Tick Hill ... Professor
C E Whiting opened up part of a house, the walls of which were standing to 3 1/2 ft. Two periods were distinguished in the two rooms cleared. A small pillared hypocaust had been added in Period I to the west end of the west room, and in Period II this and the two rooms had been filled with rough concrete to support a new floor and a second wall built against a still standing portion of the north wall of Period I, the two forming a foundation for a new structure. Farther east parts of the bath system were uncovered. All the pottery was of the third century, with a possible overlap into the fourth. Some 80 skeletons of persons of all ages were found scattered at random throughout the building, not laid in any order as in a cemetery." (2).
[See AO/59/199/6] Doubtful A.S. cemetery (3).
R.B. Derbyshire ware was found at Stancil during the 1939
excavations. (4)
Excavation report 1938-9. (5)
R.B. Pottery. (6)
Representative collection in Doncaster Museum from this villa includes painted wall plaster, R.B. coarseware, oyster shells and
flue tiles.
Also included; an adult skull from one of the skeletons and
mediaeval and later glazed ware. (7)
Mr F C Durdy of Stancil, the son of the tenant in 1938-9, indicated the site on the ground at SK 6097 9604. The area indicated, though under crop, displayed a heavy stone content in comparison to the rest of the field. Stone, tile and brick fragments littered the surface of the ground which at this point lies on a minor ridge. The site has been surveyed on the 25" A.M. (8)
SK 603 972. Cropmark of short approach lane to villa. (9)
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