More information : "In 1943 a field near Langwith House (SE 28688175) near
Well, was requisitioned for demolition (sic) by the War Dept. and
very soon masonry was noticed and a piece of Roman 'concrete'
turned up, 4" X 2 1/2" X 2" very roughly shaped with some half
dozen tesserae inset, apparently very similar to that found in
the Villa at Holly Hill (SE 28 SE 1), two miles away. The site on
which the tesserae were found is low lying and marshy".
(See also SE 28 SE 5). (1)
"The fragment of tessellated pavement found at Langwith, 1 1/2
miles East of Well, may be discounted (as evidence for
settlement): partly because it was discovered in the waterlogged
ground of the river - a most unlikely site for any building at
that date - and partly because its resemblance to the Well
pavements is so close that it may be explained as part of one of
them transported with other debris as metalling for a track
across the marsh." (2)
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