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Monument Number 964656
Hob Uid: 964656
Location : Leicestershire Harborough Claybrooke Magna
Grid Ref : SP4810088500
Summary : Roman villa site, south-west of Mount Pleasant, indicated by cropmarks of enclosures and pottery, tile and tesserae.
More information : [SP 481 885] J Pickering has recorded from aerial photographs, a possible Roman building and enclosures but the marks are faint and hard to interpret. The area has been fieldwalked and finds included 40 sherds of Roman pottery, 19 tile and stone tesserae, slate, tile, slag and lead. A coin of Commodus was found by a detector user. Presumably a villa. (1) D Wassell reports the discovery of a Roman villa site. (2) LE 19 Listed as the site of a Roman villa. (3)

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Source details : Leicestershire Sites and Monuments Record
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Vol(s) : 56, 1980-1

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Villa
Evidence : Cropmark, Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Villa
Object Type : TILE, TESSERA
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Leicestershire)
External Cross Reference Number : 48NE AA
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 48 NE 26
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Monument Number 964656