Monument record 0092500000 - C45M W LITTLE KIMBLE CHURCH

Summary

Possible structural remains of Roman date found in nineteenth century

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Type and Period (1)

  • VILLA? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

STRUCTURAL REMAINS FOUND (B1-2).
PRESUMED TO BE PART OF VILLA COMPLEX - CASS 0901 (B7,B9).
EXCAVATED BY B BURGESS 1855.
Note of discovery of Roman wall foundations c 1854. May relate to CAS00901 (B10).


In a field about fifty yards west of the church at Little Kimble, "very ancient foundations and floors have been dug up" (SP 825064). The floors are described as resembling gault" (B2).
Scott gazetteer No. BU32 (B14).

Sources (15)

  • <1>SBC2198 Article in serial: 1848,1855. BURGESS B 1848-55 'EARTHWORKS AT HAMPDEN & LITTLE KIMBLE' IN RECS OF BUCKS 1 PP39,140.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p169.
  • <3>SBC13290 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1857 2 P48.
  • <4>SBC935 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1860.
  • <5>SBC6220 Article in serial: J F Head. 1946. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AD 450-700', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP301-340. Vol 14, part 6. p316.
  • <6>SBC368 Article in monograph: D F Allen. 1958. 'THE ORIGINS OF COINAGE IN BRITAIN: A REAPPRAISAL', IN FRERE S S (ED) PROBLEMS OF THE IRON AGE IN SOUTHERN BRITAIN PP97-308. p220.
  • <7>SBC9352 Unpublished document: MR R D THOMSON (BRISTOL UNIVERSITY) SEPT 1957 (TYPESCRIPT REPORT, ANNOT-ATED MAPS ETC IN CAS FILE 09.
  • <8>SBC11368 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS (FILED).
  • <9>SBC11899 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R & NEAL D S MAY 1994.
  • <10>SBC24985 Bibliographic reference: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1854. Extract from Buckinghamshire Archaeology Society Minute book.
  • <11>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p160.
  • <12>SBC28991 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1984. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 26, pages 124-128.
  • <13>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
  • <14>SBC27450 Bibliographic reference: Eleanor Scott. 1993. A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain.
  • <15>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1999.

Location

Grid reference SP 82580 06450 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE KIMBLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11964)
  • Event - Intervention: Discovery of Roman pavement during road widening c.1854 (EBC18009)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2026 11:50AM

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