Find Spot record 0145000000 - SHARDELOES LAKE

Summary

Possible Roman villa found digging Shardeloes Lake in the eighteenth century

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Type and Period (1)

  • VILLA? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

STRUCTURES FOUND C.1751 BY WORKMEN MAKING LAKE AT NGR (SEE LETTER OF 1753): INCLUDE COIN HOARD, MAUSOLEUM(?), MOSAIC. EVIDENCE FOR VILLA IN AREA OF LAKE? (SEE :01-03). NB ROMAN FINDS AT MANTLES GREEN, CAS 0292)(B1).
NO EVIDENCE OF ROMAN OCCUPATION FOUND IN DRIED-UP BED OF LAKE (SEE REPORT)(B2).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC14972 Bibliographic reference: SURTEES SOCIETY LETTER FROM J COLLINS TO REV DR STUKELEY 30 SEPT 1753 IN SURTEESSOCIETY76P9"CITINGBO.
  • <2>SBC14957 Bibliographic reference: STRUTH P (OXFORD IN-SERVICE STUDENT) MAY 1992 FIELD VISIT (SEE REPORT, FILED).
  • <3>SBC17116 Article in serial: P A Yeoman and I J Stewart. 1992. 'A ROMANO-BRITISH VILLA ESTATE AT MANTLES GREEN, AMERSHAM', IN RECS OF BUCKS 34. Vol 34.
  • <4>SBC20011 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2001. Chilterns Chalk Streams Project: Chess & Misbourne Valleys - Archaeological Assessment.
  • <5>SBC24859 Bibliographic reference: David S Neal and Stephen R Cosh. 2009. Roman Mosaics of Britain Volume III: South-east Britain Part 1.

Location

Grid reference SU 94300 98000 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Jul 20 2021 12:55PM

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