Monument record 0104400000 - VICARAGE GARDEN, BIERTON

EXPLORATORY EXCAVATION 1975 CONFIRMED LARGE BELGIC SITE IN VILLAGE (B4).
SUBSTANTIAL BELGIC ENCLOSURE DITCH, BOUNDARY DITCHES & SEGMENT OF CIRCULAR HOUSE LOCATED. VERY EXTENSIVE IA SETTLEMENT (B5).
FURTHER EXCAVATION IN VICARAGE GARDEN. BELGIC FEATURES INCLUDE DITCHES & GULLIES, PITS & POST-HOLES ETC (B7).



(C Area SP 838154) Roman pottery and tiles found on a housing site in Parsonage Lane in 1954 and 1957, the last finds reported by Joyce Noble, 16 Cailey Close, Bierton. In possession of Bucks County Museum. (Acc No's 106.54 and 3.57) (B11).
(D SP 83741517) Romano-British sherds, roofing tile, flue-tile and tesserae, and 13th-14th century sherds, were found at Parsons Lane, Bierton, in 1964 by S M Noble, and also collected from levelling operations on the site of a new school. In Bucks Museum (Acc Nos 128-130 64) (B12)
(E) Roman coins have been dug up in several places in the parish of Bierton, but chiefly in the vicarage garden (SP 83601522). They were principally of the Emperors who lived or ruled in Britain (B13).
(F SP 8315) A portion of a Roman quern found in the donor's garden at Bierton was presented to Bucks County Museum in 1912 by W A Hutchins (B14).
(G SP 8315) Part of a large Romano-British (?) urn, 15" in diameter and 12" high, was found at Bierton 3ft from the surface. It was imperfectly burnt, and had a rude attempt at ornamentation. In Bucks County Museum (B15).
The extent of a Romano-British settlement or villa complex, Romano-Britain cemeteries, and later Medieval occupation at Bierton, is indicated by the finds. (A) No further finds. Site now occupied by a house; (B) Site confirmed by Bell, farmer. Now under pasture. No further finds; (C) The site of the Roman finds made in 1954 and 1957 were indicated by Noble (the finder's mother) centred at SP 83671531, and now occupied by numbers 9 and 11 Parsons Lane. No further finds; the area is now fully developed; (D) The new school complex where the 1964 finds were made is centred at SP 83651515. No further finds made; (E) No further information; (F) No further information; (G) No further information; (H) Further finds from the area, including Roman sherds and two probable Roman brasses were found by Bell, The Old Orchard, Parsons Lane, in 1954. The findspot was indicated to me by Bell at SP 83691556. She retains the finds. Findspots surveyed at 1:2500 (B16)
Excavations in the Vicarage Garden, Bierton, in 1975 and 1979, explored a 1200 sq.m. area of a multi-period site. With some earlier activity, there was evidence of intensive Belgic occupation, and succeeding that, a Roman site interpreted as a Roman villa. Evidence suggests a strong degree of continuity, particularly in the agricultural system. The site was peripheral to an area of Early Saxon occupation, and from the C12th to the C18th, it included buildings which formed part of the manorial complex (B9).

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