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MONUMENT NO. 374665

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Site of a Roman corridor villa excavated in 1892-3. The remains consisted of a main block 25 feet wide and at least 130 feet long with wings extending 36 feet SE, each with a small apsidal projection. In front of the main block was what may have been a portico, and a rear corridor may be indicated by a piece of walling projecting near the west corner. The SW wing had a further apsidal projection on the SW side and traces of a hypocaust in it show that it incorporated a bath suite. The larger of the two complete rooms in this wing had flue tiles in situ and traces of plain red brick tessellated flooring were found in both wings. Iron Age pottery was also found, scheduled as an Iron Age settlement.

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(TL 57266518) Roman Villa (R) (site of) (1)

Roman villa of corridor type partly excavated in 1892-3 by McKenny Hughes and T D Atkinson, who probably recovered most of the main range of buildings. The remains consisted of a main block 25 feet wide and at least 130 feet long with wings extending 36 feet SE, each with a small apsidal projection. In front of the main block was what may have been a portico, and a rear corridor may be indicated by a piece of walling projecting near the west corner. The SW wing had a further apsidal projection on the SW side and traces of a hypocaust in it show that it incorporated a bath suite. The larger of the two complete rooms in this wing had flue tiles in situ and traces of plain red brick tessellated flooring were found in both wings. Numerous flue and roofing tiles were discovered as well as quantities of painted wall plaster, some with elaborate designs, from the SW wing. Small finds included some samian ware and large quantities of coarse ware, some of Horningsea type. (2-3)

Numerous Roman sherds, including samian, Caster and Horningsea wares, have been recovered from the Devil's Dyke (Area TL 57556525) (4). Iron Age 'A' and 'C' and 1st and 2nd century Roman pottery has been found NE of the villa, area TL 573653, also Roman pottery from TL 572651 and undated skeletons from TL 573654. (4-5)

A scatter of stone was seen in the plough at the indicated site, but no archaeological surface finds were made. (6)

CA 129 Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa. (7)

TL 573652 Roman villa and Iron Age settlement N of Reach Bridge. (8)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

6" 1959

( 2) Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society

(T D Atkinson) 8, 1891-4 Page(s)229-34

( 3) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England 1972 An inventory of the historical monuments in the County of Cambridge. Volume two : north-east Cambridgeshire

Page(s)88-9

( 3a) General reference

Fenland Notes and Queries 2, 1894 Page(s)164 (NO 352)

( 3b) Externally held archive reference

Atkinson Notebook in RIBA Library

( 4) Antiquity Publications Limited Antiquity

(C Fox) 3, 1929 Page(s)148

( 5) Council for British Archaeology Group 7: Bulletin of archaeological discoveries

16, 1969 Page(s)2

( 6) Field Investigators Comments

F1 JB 13-MAR-72

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

Leicester archaeology monographsNo.1 (1993) - no.1 Page(s)41

( 8) English Heritage 1996 County list of Scheduled Monuments : March 1996

Page(s)7

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