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Summary

Very large Romano-British rubbish pit discovered during the laying of a gas main in 1932

Other Statuses and Cross-References

• Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01410.00.400
  

Monument Type(s):

• RUBBISH PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full Description

<1> A pit discovered 210 yards west of the Northfield Road stream, on the south side of the Bath Road; the largest pit yet seen in the Thatcham Newtown area, 16' across and not bottomed by excavator W E Harris, but at least 8' deep.
The objects recovered includied large number of flints and other building stones, fragments of brick/ tile, part of a millstone, an iron meat chopper, blade and shears, a bronze spoon bowl, many fragments of pottery and one bronze coin.
W E Harris's feature no 30 in summary of work on Thatcham Newtown <2>.

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