Monument record 0159702000 - CSG 85

Summary

Possible Roman villa suggested by pottery and hearths, but as the hearths are now thought to be Bronze Age burnt mounds, there is less evidence for a villa

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Type and Period (1)

  • (Former Type) VILLA? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

FIELD WALKING FOUND EVIDENCE OF ROMAN OCCUPATION, IN THE FORM OF CERAMICS (02:001.002.003)(B1).
NO EVIDENCE FOR EITHER HEARTHS OR OVENS (B1-2).
PRESUMABLY THE MOUNDS (01:000) WERE THOUGHT TO BE THE HEARTHS/OVENS. AS THE EVIDENCE FOR THE OVENS HAS BEEN DISPROVED LESS EVIDENCE FOR EXTENSIVE VILLA (B5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC1507 Unpublished document: BCM CASS NO 1597.
  • <2>SBC6870 Article in serial: JOURNAL OF BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION NO.2 4. 1918.P279. REFERING TO REPORT IN DAILY CHRONIC.
  • <3>SBC11216 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 99 SE 17.
  • <4>SBC5187 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E DEC 1984, PERS COMM FOLLOWING SITE VISIT.
  • <5>SBC14693 Article in serial: Simon Smithson. 1984. 'THE BURNT MOUNDS OF CHALFONT ST GILES: A SURVEY', IN RECS OF BUCKS 26 PP113-116. Vol 26.

Location

Grid reference SU 98630 94650 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Sep 24 2020 12:38PM

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