Roman pottery and tile found on the surface

Two camps or entrenched positions were known on the common before it was enclosed and after enclosure Roman artefacts came up with the first ploughing in the nineteenth century

Roman roof tile found in fieldwalking survey at Mantles Green Meadow

Route of possible Prehistoric trackway, later used as a Roman road.

Nineteenth century excavation uncovered site of Roman villa - A Roman rectangular building with rough foundations was found in 1858. A pit or cess pit was found containing animal bones with pottery and two coins.

Roman metalwork found in excavations at Latimer villa

Roman pottery and tile found during building of housing estate 1973

St Joseph's Roman Catholic church

The buried remains of a Roman villa, with a basilican plan, are visible as cropmarks and parchmarks from aerial photographs. The villa overlies the north eastern corner of a late Iron Age trapezoidal ditched enclosure.

Roman ditch identified during trial trench evaluation