Monument record 0040004001 - LATIMER VILLA

Summary

Six late Roman buildings, post-dating the villa, found in excavations at Latimer villa

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • CRUCK HOUSE (4th Century to 5th Century Roman - 300 AD? to 409 AD?)
  • HOUSE (4th Century to 5th Century Roman - 300 AD? to 409 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
PERHAPS 6 BUILDINGS OF POST-VILLA PERIOD FROM LATE C4 TO MID C5 AD. INCLUDES FAMOUS CRUCK BUILDING (B7-8) & VARIOUS POST-BUILT & CILL-BEAM STRUCTURES (B9,B21).

Sources (4)

  • <7>SBC1822 Article in serial: Keith Branigan. 1967. 'LATIMER', IN MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY11 P263. Vol 11.
  • <8>SBC1837 Article in serial: Keith Branigan. 1968. 'THE ORIGINS OF CRUCK CONSTRUCTION - A NEW CLUE', IN MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY 12 PP1-11. Vol 12.
  • <9>SBC1842 Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan. 1971. LATIMER.
  • <21>SBC23597 Article in serial: Keith Branigan. 1970. 'The Latimer Roman Villa', in Current Archaeology 20 pp241-244. No 20.

Location

Grid reference SU 99760 98530 (point)
Civil Parish CHENIES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10073)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10136)

Record last edited

Jun 6 2022 4:29PM

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