More information : (NZ 22021520) Cropmarks of rectangular ditched enclosure 270 ft E-W, by 240 ft N-S. Minute fragments of Samian ware were found. (1-2)
NZ 221152. The excavation of the early Roman villa and adjacent circular building was completed, indicating two principal structural phases. The first, a rectangular house 15m long and 7.5m wide; the second, represented by an addition of an extensive bath building at the north end and a hypocausted suite to the south. Dating evidence shows occupation from 100 AD to the end of the 2nd century. The circular structure, 16m diameter, had several courses of cobbled foundations, with roughly faced ashlar superstructure. The roof was supported by internal timber uprights bedded in substantial post pits, of which a central complex of four show affinities with Iron Age building in the south of England. It was probably contemporary with the enlarged phase of the villa. Trial trenching within the enclosure indicated extensive ancillary buildings, with the possibility of later Roman occupation on the same site. (3-4)
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A well was uncovered during top soil removal. Excavation showed that the well had been filled with various animal bones, pottery and building debris, possibly from the villa when it was dismantled circa 200 AD. (6)
NK 5 A sub rectangular ditched enclosure containing a circular building of rough masonry walls in the centre with a rectangular masonry building of three phases to the north. (7) |