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Monument Number 893061
Hob Uid: 893061
Location : Lincolnshire West Lindsey Kirmond Le Mire
Grid Ref : TF1830093000
Summary : A probable Roman villa discovered via fieldwalking. After the discovery of Roman pottery and tile, an area was cleared revealing a corridor mosaic 2.6 metres wide. Other finds include painted wall plaster and a coin of Constantine. Scott, who includes the site in her gazetteer of Roman villas, describes the mosaic as featuring "coarser tesserae for guilloche border, and finer tesserae for four black birds set at each corner". She also refers to an "obvious" building platform.
More information : Roman villa, c5 hectares, probably of corridor type with projecting wings, was discovered while field walking, cleared to reveal pavement mosaic. Pottery of 2nd and 4th c, tile, painted wallplaster and coin of Constantine found. Romano-British pottery found at TF 183932. (1-3) In vicinity of villa, two extensive (4.5 ha and 2.7 ha) Romano- British "ladder" complexes were fieldwalked. (4)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : White, AJ
Page(s) : 62-3
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Vol(s) : 11, 1976

Source Number : 2
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Source details : Goodburn, R
Page(s) : 325
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Vol(s) : 7, 1976

Source Number : 3
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Source details : White, AJ
Page(s) : 71
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Vol(s) : 12, 1977

Source Number : 4
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Source details : Jones, D
Page(s) : 41
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Vol(s) : 22, 1987

Source Number : 5
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Source details : Site number LI 96
Page(s) : 122
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Vol(s) : no.1

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Villa, Mosaic, Artefact Scatter
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Villa, Mosaic, Artefact Scatter
Object Type : VESSEL, COIN, TILE, WALL PLASTER
Object Material : Pottery

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Lincolnshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 300
External Cross Reference Notes :

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LI 300
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 19 SE 25
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Monument Number 893061