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| HHER Number: | 4056 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | ROMAN TILES, ST MARGARET'S CHURCH, BYGRAVE |
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Summary
Roman building materials re-used in the parish church
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
Roman tiles have been re-used in the NE and SE nave quoins of St Margaret's church [4299]. No trace of the Roman material is visible on the exterior of the church which has been rendered with plaster <1>.
Roman pottery has been found against the north nave wall <2>. The re-use of Roman building materials is common, but the presence of pottery suggests that the source here was nearby.
OS Records (Index). SHT8223.
Pevsner, N, 1953, Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, - p78 (Bibliographic reference). SHT8770.
<1> Listed Buildings description (Digital archive). SHT6690.
<2> Burleigh, G R, 1993, Archaeological recording at St Margaret's church, Bygrave, August - September 1993: a brief summary report (Unpublished document). SHT9590.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Index: OS Records. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. 1953. Buildings of England: Hertfordshire. - p78. |
| <1> | Digital archive: Listed Buildings description. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Burleigh, G R. 1993. Archaeological recording at St Margaret's church, Bygrave, August - September 1993: a brief summary report. |
Related records
| 4299 | Part of: ST MARGARET'S CHURCH, BYGRAVE (Building) |
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