| Summary : Roman pottery and building debris and a possible mosaic have been found. Several sherds of grey ware and amphorae plus roofing tiles were found in 1965 at TA 042081 on the site of Kettleby deserted medieval village (TA 00 NW 7, 10). Whitwell refers to a possible mosaic at TA 0408, but provides no source. This may be a reference to the "Roman pavements" allegedly found circa 1847 at Kettleby Thorpe deserted medieval village (TA 00 NW 11), which have been alternatively identified as Medieval encaustic tile fragments. Scott appears to have combined the surface finds and the possible mosaic in compiling an entry in her gazetteer of Roman villas. The presence of a villa is rather conjectural on present evidence [NB an erroneous NAR number cited by Scott is in fact a reference number belonging to a card index held at Lincoln Museum]. |