Monument record 0086800300 - YEWDEN VILLA

Summary

Fourteen ovens for corn-drying or industrial purposes recorded in excavation of Yewden Villa

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1014606: ROMAN VILLA NORTH OF YEWDEN LODGE

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Type and Period (1)

  • KILN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

TOTAL OF 14 CHALK-BUILT FURNACES FOUND ON SITE. DIFFERENT FORMS, BUT MOST BASED ON T-SHAPE. PROBABLY CORN DRIERS: CORN FOUND ADHERING TO STOKE-HOLE WALLS. 3 SMALL FURNACES HAD NEARBY PANS OF POTSHERDS ?PERHAPS FOR IRONWORKING. SLAG FOUND ON SITE (B1).
KILNS PROB FOR MALTING (B8).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3070 Article in serial: Alfred Heneage Cocks. 1921. 'A ROMANO-BRITISH HOMESTEAD IN THE HAMBLEDEN VALLEY', IN ARCHAEOLOGIA 71 PP141-198. Vol 71.
  • <8>SBC1877 Article in serial: Mike Farley (BCM). 1983. NOTE IN BRITANNIA 14 PP256-259. Vol 14.

Location

Grid reference SU 78450 85550 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Excavation (EBC1000)

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Oct 27 2009 5:53PM

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