| Summary : Romano-British site or sites at Dogridge. Tesserae were found in 1896 by men working on the north side of the Purton-Braydon road, about 350 yards north of the Purton Workhouse gate. Five tesserae were picked up during Ordnance Survey field investigation in 1968, by when extensive quarrying had occurred in the area. In 1972, an "occupation layer" containing Romano-British pottery, tile and animal bones was revealed in a builders trench at Dogridge, while Iron Age and Roman pottery, tesserae and tiles were found during building work nearby. The site(s) feature in two entries in Scott's gazetteer of Roman villas. |
More information : (SU08218757) Tesserae from a destroyed pavement were found in 1896 by men working on the N. side of the Purton-Braydon road about 350 yds. W. of Purton Workhouse gate.
Two are in the Passmore collection, but are not listed in the Ashmolean accessions. (1)
Five tesserae were found during field investigation in the gardens to the E. of the recorded site, area centred SU082876, but they were widely scattered and there was no further evidence of a building site.
To the north of this area the ground has been extensively quarried destroying any building remains possibly extending in this direction. There were no visible remains to the south of the road. (2)
SU 08029[8]753. An occupation layer containing Romano-British sherds, tile and animal bones was revealed in a builders' trench at Dogridge, Purton in 1972. Also in 1972, Iron Age and Romano-British 2nd-4th century sherds, tesserae cubes and tiles were found during building work at SU 081 875. (3)
Pottery noted above is held at Devizes Museum, Devizes 25.1973.(5)
SU07998758. Garden of 47,Paven Hill. IA bronze coin of the Cantii, under Adminius, new type not in Mack. Devizes Museum 1981.32.(6)
(For a 3rd-4th century Roman cemetery, probably associated with the villa site, see SU08NE33). |