Monument record 0145003000 - SHARDELOES LAKE

Summary

Roman mosaic floor found digging Shardeloes Lake in the eighteenth century

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Type and Period (2)

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

Description

J COLLINS & WORKMEN 1751 DISCOVERED A ROMAN PAVEMENT, & TOOK UP SEVERAL SQUARE BRICKS, ABOUT AN INCH SQUARE, OUT OF THE MARGIN OF THE PAVEMENT, OF DIVERS COLOURS. THE PAVEMENT WAS LEFT INTACT IN 1751 & THERE IS NO SUBSEQUENT RECORD (B1).
SUGGESTS ROMAN MOSAIC: SITE OF VILLA OR BATHHOUSE? (B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC14972 Bibliographic reference: SURTEES SOCIETY LETTER FROM J COLLINS TO REV DR STUKELEY 30 SEPT 1753 IN SURTEESSOCIETY76P9"CITINGBO.
  • <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.
  • <5>SBC24859 Bibliographic reference: David S Neal and Stephen R Cosh. 2009. Roman Mosaics of Britain Volume III: South-east Britain Part 1.
  • <6>SBC27450 Monograph: Eleanor Scott. 1993. A Gazetteer of Roman Villas in Britain. p24 (BU1).

Location

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

Finds (1)

  • TESSERA (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

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Record last edited

May 20 2026 9:59PM

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