More information : (SJ 43211017) Roman Building (R) (Site of) (NAT) (1)
The remains of a Roman building at Cruckton, described as a Roman villa by VCH were discovered in 1949, when houses were built to the north of the road, west of the church and about 360 yds south of the Roman road from Wroxeter. Workmen found a thick layer of soil containing Romano-British pottery in a pond adjoining the present road. Excavations by Miss Sladdin in 1950 revealed remains of a small house with four rooms, a concrete floor and hypocaust; walls and post-holes were also found to the south. All pottery recovered was of the 2nd century. The site is now covered by the green in front of the houses. (2-5)
The exact site of this building could not be verified but the green in front of the houses is centred SJ 43211020; not as published on OS 6". However, the pond which featured in the discovery was very near to the published site so this is probably acceptable. (6)
SJ 432102 Roman villa at Cruckton. Scheduled. (7)
SH 9 Listed as the site of a possible Roman villa. In 1991 the Archaeology Unit of Shropshire County Council carried out a watching brief during the excavation of trenches for a gas main to serve the housing estate at Church Close. No archaeological features or deposits were observed. This suggested that the construction of the housing estate had removed all sub-surface deposits down to natural boulder clay. This in turn means that significant archaeological deposits are only likely to have survived within the area of open ground in the centre of church close. (8-9)
Listed by the Wroxeter Hinterland Project as the site of a definite Villa. (10) |