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Monument Number 56512
Hob Uid: 56512
Location : North Yorkshire Selby Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford
Grid Ref : SE5056040940
Summary : A tessellated pavement was uncovered in the 18th century 120 yards south of Kirby Wharfe Church. Assumed site of a Roman villa.
More information : (Area centred SE 50604097) A tesselated pavement, about 120 yards south of Kirkby Wharfe church, was seen by Fothergill some years previous to 1711. Upon 'excavation' in May 1711 it was found to have been destroyed, only tesserae being recovered. (1) Roman villa at Kirkby Wharfe. "The site of the seventeenth-century excavation (sic) has recently been identified at SE 50564094 in an excavation by M Thackrah with slight remains of the robbed villa."(2) SE 505409. Roman villa at Kirkby Wharfe. Scheduled. (3) Additional reference. (4)

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Source details : "Collections of Thomas Hearne" - Letters from Fothergill 1711
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Source details : (H G Ramm)
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Source details : Thackrah M 1972 Ladyflats Roman Building at Kirkby Wharfe (privately circulated)
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Source Number : 2b
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Source details : Ducatus Leodensis 2nd Ed 1816 - Cat Rarities 109 (R Thoresby)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1 1978 60
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : NK 25
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Source Number : 4c
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Source details : Tyler A. 1980. Survey of Roman Sites in North Yorkshire
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Villa, Tessellated Floor
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : NY 1148
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 54 SW 7
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
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Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 56512