Monument record 0049800000 - CUTTLEBROOK/WAINHILL SPRING

FIELD COVERED WITH TILE & POT. FLOOR TILES IN SITU WITH PINK ROMAN MORTAR & HYPOCAUST TILES, MUCH DISTURBED BY PLOUGHING & C.30CM BELOW SURFACE. A FEW SHALLOW TRENCHES DUG, BUT EXTENT UNKNOWN. BUILDING, POSSIBLY VILLA (AS HYPOCAUST TILES FOUND)(B1-3).
TEGULA, FLUE & PLAIN TILE FOUND IN 1950'S/60'S (B4-5).


(SP 7687 0164) Roman Villa (R) (Site of) (B9).
Roman Building ® (Site of) (B10).

Surface finds of a coin of Faustina II and fragments of pottery and tile near Cuttle Brook, Bledlow led to the discovery of a small Ro. Building in 1918. Tentative excavations by Skilbeck revealed flooring tiles, in situ, with pink Ro. Mortar and hypocaust tiles all at a depth of 1ft, much disturbed by ploughing. The extent of the building was not determined but considered to be of small plan. The presence of hypocaust tiles suggested a villa.
Pottery was mostly grey and coarse red ware now in Bucks Co Museum (B1 and B11).
Recently c1967 two 'third brass' of Constantine have been found near this site at SP 769017 (B10).
No visible remains of the 'building' in a field under plough, but on field investigation a light scatter of Ro material including tegulae, tesserae and fine ware sherds were found concentrated at SP 76870164, confirming the OS 6" siting. Until further excavation, it cannot be established whether this structure was part of an independent villa complex or was an outlying building associated with the probably Ro settlement at Bledlow (See SP 70 SE 17) Published siting (25") correct (B13).

NRHE Insert 1997, Update 1999 (B15).

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