| Summary : Site of a Roman building, the probable site of a villa, excavated in 1852; a possible bath building and hypocaust were found. A scatter of building debris covers an area of about 37.0m NW-SE by 20.0m transversely, and includes box tiles, bricks, plaster and roofing tiles at a density of about five sherds per square metre. |
More information : [TL 57784347] ROMAN BUILDING [GS] (site of) (1)
Roman Villa in a field called Gt. Copt Hill on Great Bowsers Farm. Excavated 1852; no visible remains. (2)
The building measured 52' x 17', and was almost equally divided within; the larger half provided with a hypocaust and narrow rooms across width of building, the smaller having rudely formed pavements of broken pottery and bricks. Finds included an illegible third brass, tiles, pottery, glass and a bronze `ligula'. [On the face of it this looks like a bath building.] (3)
Fragments of tegulae, imbrices, box-flue tiles, bricks and sherds of grey-ware, found on surface of Gt. Copt Hill field, centred TL 57784347. No foundations visible. (4)
Roman building foundations, much robbed, at (TL 578435) (5)
Nothing visible on A/Ps. (6)
Debris from a Roman building is visible at the published site. The scatter covers an area of about 37.0m NW-SE by 20.0m transversely, and includes box tiles, bricks, plaster and roofing tiles at a density of about five sherds per square metre. Scatter surveyed at 1:2500. (7)
ES 4 Listed as the probable site of a Roman villa. (8) |