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Monument Number 243745
Hob Uid: 243745
Location : Hampshire East Hampshire Froyle
Grid Ref : SU7791045820
Summary : Excavations uncovered a probable Roman villa; pottery, flue tiles and painted wall plaster were recovered. There are cropmarks of what appear to be two rectangular buildings linked around a courtyard and geophysical survey has also detected two buildings.
More information : (SU 77914582). Roman building. (1) "Col. Wade has found a rubbish pit, a well, flue tiles and painted plaster on the slopes of the Downs at Glade, 1 mile N of Bentley". (2) "Maj. A.G. Wade has observed.... at Glade Farm on the Bentley parish boundary on the eastern edge of Penley Copse, a Roman villa, one room of which he opened, finding painted wall plaster, much pottery etc, and pig and fowl bones...". (3) The site, on the south crest of the hill, is now pasture and only two pieces of Roman tile were found. Major Wade could add nothing to the information above and made no plan of the structure. (4) (SU 7791 4582) Roman Building (R) (site of) (T.I.). (5) No further excavations have been carried out on this site, which is under pasture. (6) An air photograph of the Glade Farm Villa site taken in 1983 suggests two rectangular buildings linked around a courtyard. (7)

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Source details : Rec 6" (O.G.S. Crawford, 1939)
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Monument Types:

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

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 74 NE 6
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1942-01-01
End Date : 1942-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-06-15
End Date : 1956-06-15

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1967-07-24
End Date : 1967-07-24

Associated Activities :
Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-01-01
End Date : 1995-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 243745