More information : (TL 0669 9790) Roman Building (GS) (site of) Part of a
villa was excavated by boys from Oundle School, NW of the crossroads
at Yarwell. (2) This is a house of considerable size,but very poorly
appointed (assessed by Wyman Abbott as a 'foreman's house'). No
tessellated or tiled floors, etc (3). (Note: Abbott may be in error,
as at TL 09 NE 22 nearby). (1-3)
Mr Wyman Abbott confirms the published site; he knows of no
excavation report and has nothing to add to his previous comments.
J L Barber was a former master at Oundle. Neither the School
Secretary nor the Librarian have any information regarding the
excavation.
Indicated site now arable. (4)
Roman building (TL 06699790) immediately W of the village, on
limestone at 100 ft above OD. Air photographs show a rectangular
pattern of ditches in the field centred on a Roman building revealed
by excavation. This was dug by Oundle School in 1953 but no report
was published. Photographs taken during these it is clear that a
building of considerable size, and divided into a number of rooms,
was found only 20 cm. below the ground surface. No tessellated or
tiled floors were uncovered but pottery of the 2nd and 3rd centuries
and a fine capital were discovered. No other details are known. From
the field immediately to the W a complete Roman pot and some Iron
Age sherds have been found during quarrying. (5)
Roman building (TL 066979) Further details of the excavation of this
site, and a description of a capital have now been published. (6)
Listed in gazetteer of Roman villas (7). |