More information : SP 976748. Part of a Roman villa revealed by gravel
quarrying and excavated by D A Jackson. The remains include several
small rooms and corridors connected to a circular structure with a
tessellated floor 27ft (8.2m) diameter which succeeded an earlier
timber structure 30ft (9.1m) diameter. Other features revealed by
quarrying include both Iron Age and Roman ditches, a Roman road,
and Roman pits containing much painted wall plaster. (1-2)
SP 97747485. The circular stone building appears to date to the
3rd and 4th centuries. It replaced a circular wooden structure, and
its foundations cut through deposits of lime, clay etc suggestive
of a "builder's yard". A large quantity to roof tiles was found. The
excavation took place in the west corner of a road junction at
SP 976748, and presumably the site extends under the road and adjacent fields to the east and south east. Ploughing to the south east has exposed evidence of lime burning and kilns; possibly of Roman date. (3)
Roman villa SP 97687482. To the W of the building were the remains
of 3 or 4 inhumation burials along with the skeletons of a horse and
a dog. Shallow ditches in the area contained both Roman and Iron Age
pottery. To the N of the building two parallel ditches orientated
E-W 12 m. apart and traceable for 50 m. were revealed. (4)
Roman villa SP 976748. A fragment of a large Roman column was
revealed by continued gravel extraction, apparently E of the villa
site. (5)
(SP 976748). Excavation report and site plans. (6)
Pits and ditches (SP 97774740) recorded on AP in 1981. (7)
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