Find Spot record 1581100000 - Waddesdon Area

Summary

Base of Roman triple vase found at Waddesdon. Unverified report of a Roman settlement.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

The base of a Roman triple vase obtained on the site of a Roman camp at Waddesdon, Bucks (Name SP 7417) noticed in a private collection and to be placed in Hull Museum. It is a hollow grey earthenware ring, and on the upper surface there are four projections, each of which is perforated, three of them being bases on which once were vases. (There is no evidence of a Roman camp in Waddesdon, and the available RAF A/P's show no trace) (B1).
No local knowledge of the vase or of a Roman camp at Waddesdon. The only Romano-British settlement in the vicinity is at Fleet Marston about 3 miles to the east (SP 71 NE 2) (2).
NRHE insert 1998 (B3).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC28832 Unpublished document: T Sheppard. 1968. The Admiralty court book of Southampton 1566-1585: Manuscript of Admiralty court.
  • <2>XYSBC28833 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1973. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 09-NOV-73. [Mapped feature: #52251 ]
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 74 17 (point) NRHE GIS
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 16 2026 2:22PM

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