| HER Number (PRN): | 06463 |
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| Name: | Wroxeter, Insula 12 and area to south |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- INSULA (Roman - 43 AD to 410 AD)
- TOWN (Roman - 43 AD to 410 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a town of Roman date.
| Parish: | Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ50NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 5651 0837 |
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Related records
| 00026 | Part of: Viroconium Cornoviorum (Roman Wroxeter) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
CMHTS Comment:- A sparsely occupied insula, but this may be deceptive since excavations for the gate posts at SJ 5657 0841 failed to reach any archaeology at a depth of over 1m. It is also possible that the clayey subsoil here is less conducive to cropmarks [<2>]. Nonetheless, some features are visible including patchy evidence for long rectilinear buildings aligned east-west along the west side and thus gable end onto Watling Street. The best defined building lies near the east side of the insula and consists of a substantial courtyard structure with an entrance on the north side and sets of rooms along the other 3 sides. A simple cottage house lies in the south east corner of the insula. Also near the south side of the insula are more sections of the intervallum road and rampart buildings of the fortress [<3>]. South of Patch Lane, there is an elongated L shaped building whose southern end may be a later extension of a normal -sized L shaped building and, to the north east, a simple one-cell rectangular structure. A simple rectangular structure on the north side of this southern half of the insula is aligned with Patch Lane and may be modern. <1>
Sources referred to in [<1>]. <2><3>
CMHTS Report. <4>
Photographed during aerial survey in 2018, when significant detail was visible. <5>
Sources
| [01] | SSA19976 - Record form: Dalwood Hal & White Roger H. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Wroxeter. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 13. Wroxeter 6463. |
| [02] | SSA11838 - Article in serial: Webster Graham & Stanley B. 1961/ 1964. Viroconium: A Study of Problems. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 57. Pt 2, p112-131. |
| [03] | SSA11977 - Article in monograph: Kennedy D (ed). 1989. Viroconium from the Air. Into the Sun. Kennedy, D. p200-207. |
| [04] | SSA12089 - Historic landscape survey report: White Roger H & Dalwood Hal. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Wroxeter, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 356. |
| [05] | SSA30274 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2018-Jul-17. SA1805_012 to SA1805_014 (3 photos) Flight: 18_SA_05. Colour. Digital. |
| Date Last Edited: | May 24 2021 2:48PM |
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