More information : A Roman building was discovered during deep ploughing
in a field called The Poodles, Castle Bytham. A pavement of red
and yellow tesserae, flue and roof tiles and shingles, a
fragment of coloured wall plaster, and a small amount of Roman
pottery was found. The site is on high ground near a stream that
is a tributary of the River Glen. (1)
Information was obtained from Mr. Crawford, Castle Farm, whose
father (now deceased) made the original finds c. 1938. They
comprised those listed above (samples of which are in Grantham
Museum) also patches of iron slag and four illegible Roman
coins, retained by Mr. Crawford. He indicated an approximate
siting at SK 9925 1828, a field once known locally as the
"Poodles" now under crop. (2)
An examination of all available photography revealed no evidence of
the Roman building described by authority 1. (3) |