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BARRINGTON PARK VILLA

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A Romano-British building, interpreted as a villa, was discovered by chance here in 1867 and was partly excavated in 1882. A well-built wall, plunge bath, roof slates, tiles and pottery were recovered. A large Roman building platform or a Post Medieval sub rectangular spoil heap is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. This site has been mapped as part of the Cotswold Hills National Mapping Programme.

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(SP 20411381) Roman Building (R) (Site of) (1)

Roman Villa site in the park. (2)

The Roman villa in the park has never been excavated (a). (3)

The Romano-British building in Barrington Park was discovered by chance c.1867, and was partly dug in 1882. A well-built wall 4ft thick, a plunge bath, roof slates and tiles, "grooved" tiles, pottery and bones were noted. Inspection of the site was not possible (b,c). (4)

Nothing visible on APs. (5)

The published site falls on the SE side of a small gully about 3.0m deep where made up ground has resulted in the formation of a rough platform. This measures about 60.0m NE to SW, and 20.0m NW to SE. It seems likely that the Roman building is buried beneath this material, possibly clearance from wartime hutments. No evidence of a Roman building can be seen on RAF or NMR air photographs. (6)

SP 20421380. Listed in review of Roman settlement in the Upper Thames region. (7)

A possibly Roman building platform or a Post Medieval spoil heap, mentioned above by authority 6 is visible on aerial photographs. The site is centred on SP 2042 1380 and measures 87 metres long and 40 metres wide. The longer axis of the mound is oriented NNE-SSW. This mound may be the spoil heap of the 19th century excavation, rather than the Roman building platform. This site has been mapped as part of the Cotswold Hills National Mapping Programme (17-18).

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1955

( 2) Annotated Record Map

Corr 6" (Mrs O'Neil undated)

( 3) edited by C.R. Elrington 1965 A history of the county of Gloucester, volume 6

The Victoria history of the counties of England 6, 1965 Page(s)17

( 3a) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

( 4) General reference

RCHM Ms Notes 9.6.71

( 4b) Externally held archive reference

Ms Notebook III of Dr John Moor pp14-16 9 March 1882 (in library of B & GAS)

( 4c) Aerial photograph

(NMR SP 2013/1/16-23 SP 2013/2/24-30

( 5) Aerial photograph

(RAF CPE/UK1913 3120-1 30.12.46)

( 6) Field Investigators Comments

F1 NVQ 25-NOV-76

( 7) BAR British series

(D Miles) 103, 1982 Page(s)71

(11) by Eleanor Scott 1993 A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain

Leicester archaeology monographsNo.1 (1993) - GS 10 no.1 Page(s)68

(17) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1897 4391-4392 12-DEC-1946

(18) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

NMR OS/96019 250-251 03-APR-1996

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