| Summary : The site of a Roman building, possibly a temple was noted before destruction by the construction of the railway c. 1869, 170 yds north of Chedworth Villa. A stone relief, a Bronze bust, tiles, coins, glass tesserae and pillar fragments have been found. |
More information : SP 05121358. A Roman building in Chedworth Woods 170 yds
NW of the villa, destroyed in the construction of the railway,
was probably the structure called "The Capitol" by its discoverers.
Several small rooms are said to have been partly cleared, and in 1869
Scarth referred to the building as a "circular temple". Finds
included coins, hexagonal tiles, fragments of pillars, part of a
shell-headed niche and glass tesserae. The stone relief of a
"hunter god" with hare, dog and stag, sometimes ascribed to the
temple east of the villa (SP 01 SE 9 ) is more probably from this
site. Surviving finds are in the museum at the villa. (1-5)
No visible remains of a Roman building were found in the area of
the RCHM siting(1) during a search of the wooded ground to either
side of the now-disused railway track. Pottery and other fragments
are on display in Chedworth Roman Villa museum. (6)
A small Roman bronze bust, either of a priest or the god Saturn was found by a metal detector, reportedly north-west of Chedworth Roman Villa near the disused railway. The exact find spot remains doubtful but if as described it would lie close to the site of this building. (7)
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