More information : SK 802625. A probable Roman villa is visible on the west bank of the
Trent. Two narrow ditches 25 ft apart from three sides of a rectangle
about 650 ft by 500 ft; the angles are sharp. In the centre is a
building consisting of a range of rooms with wings at one end. In the
drought of 1959, two lines of large post holes were visible beside
the stone building; probably the remains of an earlier timber house.
Roman pottery can be picked up on the site (1 & 2). Todd considers it
to be a small portico-villa standing at the centre of a rectangular
double-ditched enclosure. (1-3)
SK802625. An Iron Age settlement underlies the eastern part of
the Roman enclosure, yielding a cropmark of remarkable
complexity.
Immediately south of the enclosure, there is a further area of
Iron Age settlement where several round houses are indicated by
penannular drainage gullies. Pits are visible all over the site,
some in rows suggesting timber buildings. (4)
SK 801625. Site NNE of Cromwell Village; listed under Roman Remains. (5) |