Monument record 0078800000 - MILL END VILLA

Summary

Remains of a Roman villa visible as a parch mark on aerial photographs and confirmed by geophysical survey.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1014601: ROMAN VILLA AT MILL END
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman villa site at Mill End
  • SHINE: Mill End Roman villa site

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Type and Period (1)

  • VILLA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Width 0020 Length 0035 m
Plan Form - E SHAPED
PLAN OF ROMAN VILLA MADE WHEN DROUGHT SHOWED FOUNDATIONS (B1-2).
LARGE AMOUNT TILE, POT & FLINT NODULES FOUND AFTER PLOUGHING. SOME EARTHWORKS VISIBLE (B2-3).
VILLA OVERLOOKING THAMES (B3).
PLANNED ON GROUND & PLOTTED FROM AP'S (B4-5).
POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH NEARBY VILLA (CASS 00868)(B6).
SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT NO. 27152 (B7).
Geophysical survey of the villa site by Chiltern Archaeology and local volunteers in May 2008 as part of the 'Romans in the Hambleden Valley Project' confirmed the presence of the villa, a possible NE-SW boundary ditch to the SE and a possible kiln. No other associated buildings or features were identified within the survey area. A resistivity pseudosection across the boundary ditch suggests it is approx 1.5m deep and 16m wide with sloping sides and a rounded base. Metal-detecting survey of non-scheduled area of Thames Field located finds of iron nails and iron slag at depths of 10cm to 25cm; the slag was concentrated near a possible kiln identified by geophysical survey (B9).

Sources (16)

  • ---SBC17230 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/43. BCM 219.1945 (E.C.R). SU\788847. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17279 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/75. BCM A1/4/5. SU\787848. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17280 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/75. BCM A1/4/6. SU\786848. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17282 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/75. BCM A1/4/8. SU\785848. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17423 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/4. SU\786849. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17424 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/5. SU\786849. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18563 Aerial Photograph: 31/05/90. NMR SU 7984/2. SU\791849. Yes.
  • <1>SBC4470 Graphic material: E PAYTON 25 JULY 1921 PLAN (IN HANGING FILE).
  • <2>SBC11105 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 78 SE 04 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC5578 Bibliographic reference: GATES T 1975 MIDDLE THAMES VALLEY, AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE RIVER GRAVELS P42 & MAP 21.
  • <4>SBC4814 Graphic material: FARLEY M E (BCM) 1975 (PLAN FILED).
  • <5>SBC3480 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. AP PLOT AT 1:2500.
  • <6>SBC4821 Article in serial: Mike Farley. 1983. 'THE VILLA AT MILL END, HAMBLEDEN, BUCKS, & ITS NEIGHBOUR', (NOTE IN) BRITANNIA14 PP256-259.
  • <7>SBC23996 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1996. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <8>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <9>SBC23527 Unpublished document: Simon Mays. October 2008. Romans in the Hambleden Valley Project. pp19,22-24,33.

Location

Grid reference SU 78650 84870 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (5)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC1191)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13241)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13298)
  • Event - Survey: Geophysical survey (Ref: HAM08) (EBC17243)
  • Event - Survey: Metal detecting survey (Ref: HAM08) (EBC17238)

Record last edited

Jun 14 2018 4:53PM

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