Find Spot record 0092501000 - C45M W LITTLE KIMBLE CHURCH

Summary

Possible Roman tesselated floor found during road works in the nineteenth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (1)

  • TESSELLATED FLOOR (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Description

ROMAN TESSELATED PAVEMENT DISCOVERED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF TURNPIKE ROAD FROM LITTLE KIMBLE TO BUTLERS CROSS IN 1854. SOME DISJOINTED TESSERAE FOUND; 2 FRAGMENTS OF PAVEMENT ACCESSIONED BCM (B1-2,B4).
DAVID NEAL SAYS BCM PAVEMENT FRAGMENTS NOT ROMAN BUT MODERN (SET IN CEMENT)(B9).

Sources (4)

  • <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.
  • <4>SBC935 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1860.
  • <9>SBC11899 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R & NEAL D S MAY 1994.

Location

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

Finds (1)

  • TESSERA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11805)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12012)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 1:28PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.