Monument record 0083100000 - CRICKET GROUND

Summary

Site of possible Roman villa on the cricket ground suggested from find of Roman metalwork

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VILLA? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

AN IRON AGE COIN (01:000) ALONG WITH MANY ROMAN COINS (02:000) SUGGEST EXISTANCE OF A VILLA (B3).
THE SITUATION ONLY 365 METRES FROM RIVER ON A GENTLE SLOPE, IS CLEARLY SUITABLE FOR A VILLA (B8).
In 1899 it was reported in The Home Counties Magazine that some Roman coins and 'other remains' were discovered when the cricket ground at Chalfont St Peter was being enlarged. The article stated: 'But these would not necessarily imply more than the existence of a solitary villa, and that more than half a mile from the village.' The O.S. Archaeology Division has reported that many Roman coins of various dates were found during this same excavation of the cricket ground (B10).

Sources (10)

<1>SBC1329 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 0831..
<2>SBC4701 Bibliographic reference: EVANS J. 1890 COINS OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS. SUPP. P578.
<3>SBC17004 Bibliographic reference: WOODS F.H. 1899(CHALFONT ST PETER) HOME COUNTIES M AGAZINE 1 P136..
<4>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p192.
<5>SBC377 Bibliographic reference: ALLEN D.F. 1958 ORIGINS OF COINAGE IN BRITAIN. P21 7. IN FRERE S.S. (ED)PROBLEMS OF THE IRON AGE IN .
<6>SBC1861 Article in serial: Keith Branigan. 1967. 'ROMANO-BRITISH RURAL SETTLEMENT IN THE WEST CHILTERNS', IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 124. Vol 124.
<7>SBC10013 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD (NOT RETAINED).
<8>SBC6319 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J.F 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS PP75,85,149.
<9>SBC20011 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2001. Chilterns Chalk Streams Project: Chess & Misbourne Valleys - Archaeological Assessment.
<10>SBC22555 Unpublished document: Greater London Council. 1977. The Archaeology of the Colne Valley Park. Table 9.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 00600 89900 (point)
Civil Parish	CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 1 2023 12:58PM