Monument Type(s):

• BUILDING (Roman - 43 AD to 410 AD)

Summary

Part of the foundations for a stone footed building were exposed during watching briefs in 2002, to the N of Wroxeter Hotel. This building was situated at the northern end of the eastern frontage of insula XXVII and is paralleled by earlier geophysical and archaeological evidence for other buildings further to the south and along the same frontage.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA4839 - 2002 WB on electricity pole installation near Wroxeter Hotel by BUFAU (Ref: BUFAU Proj 898)

Description

A watching brief carried out in February 2002 (ESA 4839), during electricity supply works to the N of the Wroxeter Hotel (at NGR SJ 5634 0835) located the foundation for the wall of a building probably founded in the 2nd century. A further watching brief, carried out in March 2002 (ESA 4786), on the installation of a water pipeline just to the north of this site recorded a further foundation wall of this building. The evidence is of a stone-footed building, aligned north-south with its frontage on the street to the north. This building was clearly situated at the northern end of the eastern frontage of insula XXVII and is paralleled by earlier geophysical and archaeological evidence for other buildings further to the south and along the same frontage. <1><2>

<01> Krakowicz R, 2002, Installation of electricity poles in and adj to Wroxeter Hotel, Shropshire: an archaeological watching brief (Watching brief report). SSA20853.

<02> Krakowicz R & White Roger H, 2002, Waterworks Relating to the Wroxeter Hotel, Shropshire: an Archaeological Watching Brief (Watching brief report). SSA20803.

Sources

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