More information : [TQ 4048 5457] Roman Villa [G.S.] (remains of) (1)
Tripartite corridor villa 125 x 60 ft., later converted for fulling, found 1847, excavated 1864 - 1893. Patches of tessellated pavement, Samian, Castor and coarse pottery, glass iron and bronze objects, coins etc. found. Indications of destruction by fire. Possible enclosure wall running for about 80 ft. Possible enclosure wall running for about 80 ft. to the South. Levelling the bays of two adjacent "fishponds" in 1865-6 revealed Roman remains in their construction which suggests that they were contemporary and possibly used in fulling operations? A suggestion was made of the possibility of a second building nearby but the evidence would seem to be the boundary wall and the remains in the fish ponds (2-3). Evidence of pre-Roman occupation was found in the form of numerous flint flakes, worked bones, potsherds ("probably British") and a B.A. beaker certainy found on the villa site (4). A polished flint axe (2) was found in grubbing out an old bank or hedge and a perforated sandstone hammer (2) was found on, or close by, the villa site. Finds are in the Titsey Collection, Guildford Museum (4), while a cast of the stone hammer is in the B.M. (Acc. No. CC St. 157a) (5). Scheduled (6). Plan: See AO/63/103/5. (2-7)
"Foundations of one room with parts of others adjoining still exposed but in poor condition. Elsewhere the site is overgrown and tree covered. There are scatters of shaped stones, tile and flint."
Surveyed at 25" scale. (8)
Survey of 7.9.61 checked and correct. The finds noted by 4, are in Guildford Museum, and include the necked beaker. (Acc. No. S 5963) and an hour-glass perforated mace-head (Acc. No. S 7653). (9)
(TQ 40485457) Additional reference to reuse for fulling. (10)
(TQ 40485457) Additional reference to villa. (11)
(TQ 40485457) Additional reference, in gazetteer, to Roman fine ware pottery recovered from excavations. (12)
SY 47 Listed as the site of a Roman villa. (13)
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