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Monument Number 225384
Hob Uid: 225384
Location : Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse Woolstone
Grid Ref : SU2904087770
Summary : Site of a Roman villa at Woolstone. Excavations have located a villa with bath buildings and tessellated pavements. Five possible early Saxon inhumations, some accompanied by knives, were found within the villa complex.
More information : (SU 29048777) Roman Villa (R) (Site of) (NAT) (1) Two Roman tessellated pavements, a corridor and bath buildings were uncovered at Woolstone in May 1844, and a later report records foundations and large quantities of tiles, tesserae and pottery in the neighbouring fields. One of the pavements is in the Ashmolean Museum. Three skeletons, thought to be Saxon burials, were found in the corridors of the villa and several other also thought to be Saxon, were found nearby (2-4). SU 289878: Excavations by Miss Ann Hamilton in 1955 rediscovered one of the pavements found in 1844, and a 30 foot corridor bounding a courtyard, also the northern wall of the whole complex. Pottery finds were from the 1st to the 4th centuries. (2-6) Other reference (not consulted). (7) OX 66 Listed as the site of a Roman villa, a heavy scatter pottery, brick and tesserae lies over the site. (8) Additional reference. (9)

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Source details : The Antiquary 10 1884 p133
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Source details : Peake H. 1931. Archaeology of Berkshire, pp119, 249
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Source details : Morgan T, 1886, Romano-British Mosaic Pavements; London, p119.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : C2-C5
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 101
Monument Type : Villa, Tessellated Floor, Baths
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Early Saxon
Monument End Date : 649
Monument Start Date : 450
Monument Type : Inhumation, Cemetery
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Stratified Find, Conjectural Evidence

Components and Objects:

Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Inhumation, Cemetery
Object Type : KNIFE
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Oxfordshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 7316
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 28 NE 1
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1884-01-01
End Date : 1884-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1955-01-01
End Date : 1955-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 225384