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Monument Number 235723
Hob Uid: 235723
Location : Hampshire Winchester Old Alresford
Grid Ref : SU5819033420
Summary : Excavation uncovered a Roman villa, walling, mosaic, plaster, roof and flue tiles were found; cropmarks of a sub-rectangular enclosure around the villa and cropmark of an adjacent ring ditch - hut circle or Bronze Age round barrow?
More information : (SU 58203344) Foundations of Roman villa indicated by lines of parched turf and by trial digging. (1) The site of an R.B. building on Pinglestone Farm, revealed in Sept. 1940 by surface indications and trenching for a water pipe, was partially excavated in 1948. Flint walling and an area of tessellated pavement (remains of a corridor ?) were exposed. Finds included Samian sherds, roof tiles, box flue tiles, painted plaster, pottery and oyster shells. (2-3) The site, according to Milner's plan, falls at SU 58193342. Here there is a light scatter of tiles, tesserae and flints. See illustration card. (4) Consquent Publication. Roman Building (G.S.) (Site of) (T.I.) (5) See AP. OS/68/002/621. The building appears to have been enclosed by a sub-rectangular ditch and very close to its site there is a ring work; both are crop-marks, non-identifiable on the ground. Plotted at 1/2500 from the APs. (6) HA 69 Listed as the site of a Roman villa. (7)

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Source details : Corr 6" (F. Cottrill c.1949)
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Source details : Proc Hants Field Club 17 1948-50 p136 (A.B. Milner)
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Source details : Proc Hants Field Club 15 1941-3 p108 (J.P. Williams-Freeman)
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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Source details : F2 FGA 03-SEP-68
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Barrow
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Prehistoric
Display Date : Prehistoric
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -500000
Monument Type : Hut Circle
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Villa, Rectangular Enclosure
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Cropmark

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Ring Ditch
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 53 SE 12
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1948-01-01
End Date : 1948-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-12-14
End Date : 1956-12-14

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1968-09-03
End Date : 1968-09-03

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 1997-01-01
End Date : 1997-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 235723