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MONUMENT NO. 346970

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Roman building material, tile, tegula, tesserae and hypocaust fragments as well as Roman coins, Romano-British pottery and a kiln bar probably indicate the presence of a Roman villa. Bronze items and fragments of coloured glass and a possible pottery kiln have also been discovered at the site.
Cropmark traces of a curvilinear enclosure, linear boundaries and possible rectilinear enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date are visible on aerial photographs taken in 2006.

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SP 906542. Evidence of a large Roman villa, building materials and sherds (2nd - 4th c), and definite evidence of hypocaust. Lines of walls in the ploughsoil can also be seen. A clay bar from an oven or kiln was found. (1)

SP 909541. RB sherds including Samian, building material tile and
tesserae found March 1967 by W Britnell and in his possession.
More RB sherds and a kiln bar found 29.4.67 by DC Mynard. Sent to (Aylesbury) Museum 5.4.68. (2)

SP 909541. Probable site of Roman building, materials found by
W Britnell in roadworks and ploughing 1963. (3)

The following Ro coins were found in this field in recent years by Mr P Panter (a) and are held by him (1) SP 908541 Carausius AD 291. (2) SP 909540 Gallienus AD 266. (3) SP 908541 Claudius AD 268-70. (4)
SP 908541 Uncertain 4th c. Mr Panter also holds a selection of bronze work, fragments of wall plaster and part of puddingstone quern, all found in area SP 909540. (4)

(SP 9080 5412) ? rectangular outline visible on OS AP.

Evidence of Ro building - probably a villa - found on ploughed surface of field at SP 9089 5409 (original grid reference by authority 1 mistaken). An extensive scatter of Ro tile (roof and box), brick, decayed wall plaster and RB pottery indicates the site but no indications of walls now visible on the surface.
Insufficient AP evidence to plot outline of building. (5,6)

Cropmark remains of a curvilinear enclosure and linear boundaries of probable Roman or Iron Age date are visible on aerial photographs centred at approximately SP 9086 5405, probably corresponding to the site and recovered material described by the above authorities. A linear boundary appears to overlap the curvilinear enclosure and extend north-east to form a possible rectilinear enclosure. The visible remains are confused by the presence of geological and agricultural cropmarks. A further two possible enclosures have been recorded immediately north-west at UID 346974. These features are visible on aerial photographs taken by English Heritage in 2006. (8)

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( 1) Wolverton Archaeological Society journal

Britnell W, Mynard D C, Griffiths R W and Price L 1, 1968 Page(s)7

( 2) Externally held archive reference

Roman Index (D C Mynard)

( 3) Wolverton Historical Journal

Mynard D C 1970 Page(s)61

( 4a) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

( 4) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

( 5) Aerial photograph

AP (OS/73-465-135/155 1973)

(6) Field Investigators Comments

F1 PAS 16-JAN-1976

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

Leicester archaeology monographsNo.1 (1993) - BU 53 no.1 Page(s)29

(8) Oblique aerial photograph reference number

NMR SP 9054/17 NMR 24352/4 14-JUL-2006

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