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Monument Number 918313
Hob Uid: 918313
Location : Devon Mid Devon Crediton Hamlets
Grid Ref : SX8504099200
Summary : Site of a Roman winged-corridor villa located within a rectilinear enclosure, seen as cropmarks and trial-trenched.
More information : SX 85049919 Downes Romano-British villa and its enclosure. The villa building is of the winged corridor type with additional rooms which may represent a bath-house. The enclosure is walled in part, and occupies an estimated 0.5ha. Excavated evidence suggests that the villa was occupied in the 4th century AD. Scheduled. (1) A rapid examination of air photography (2a) shows the villa site cropmarks, with the additional rooms attached to the rear and to the west of the villa (including one room which appears from the cropmarks to have a solid floor). The villa is located within a rectilinear enclosure, possibly double ditched, and with a further possible enclosure on its east side. (2) DE 6 Listed as the site of a Roman villa. (3)

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Source details : English Heritage Record Form and Plan 22-NOV-1988
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Source details : Andrew Miller/23-FEB-1996/RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : NMR, SX 8599/1-12, 16-24, 28-35
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Vol(s) : 19, 1988

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Villa, Rectilinear Enclosure
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DV 1032
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 89 NE 19
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1985-01-01
End Date : 1985-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1992-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 918313