Scheduled Monument: A partially excavated Roman villa complex, probably in use between the late 2nd century and the 4th century AD.
Corridor villa building, part of a large complex of buildings ranged around a courtyard, excavated 1955-62 by W A Silvester and schoolchildren. Mosaic from apse paralleled at Verulamium and there dated 360+ AD <1a><1b>
Extensive remains found earlier <1c>
Dating evidence shows occupation by c200 and pottery of mid C4, also a coin of Constantius II <1d>
Survey of this site began in 1955, when fragments of roof tile plus pot sherds were found. In 1956 a wall at least four courses deep with traces of plaster were identified. In Spring 1957 150 foot of walling was uncovered, outlining a site about 60 yds by 30. In August that year the mosaic floor in "Room III" of the building identified on the S side of the site was completely uncovered and photographed [see <5>], before being covered up again. The other five "Rooms" identified were not as extensively explored. There were further explorations in Spring 1958.<1a> <1b> <5>
Building, possibly of 5 rooms, 30m x 9m. Mosaic flooring found at SJ6061 0089. OS FI 1971 <1>
The main villa building is evident from a pronounced platform. Evidence of excavation is visible on site. EH FMW 1987. <2>
Series of black and white photographs, mounted on card, of the mosaic uncovered during excavation in 1957. <5>
Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, as one of less than 10 Minor Villas. <7>
A selection of slides from the 1955-62 excavations at Yarchester were scanned and cleaned by P.G & T.G. Hill in 2004. They depict a few finds from the excavations, together with details of the mosaics. <8>
Photographs from 1957 showing the mosaic under excavation. Donated to the HER via Hugh Hannaford. <9>
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00302. |
| [01a] | SSA1406 - Article in serial: Silvester W A. 1957. Yarchester Romano-British Villa. Shropshire Newsl. No 2. pp1-2, with location plan. |
| [01b] | SSA1407 - Article in serial: Silvester W A. 1958. Yarchester Romano-British Villa. Shropshire Newsl. No 4. p1. pp3-4, with site plan. |
| [01e] | SSA1408 - Map annotation: Chitty Lily F. Map annotation by OS Correspondent. |
| [01f] | SSA1409 - Map annotation: Hobbs J L. 1951. Map annotation by OS Correspondent. |
| [01] | SSA1410 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1971. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ60SW5. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ60SW5. |
| [01c] | SSA178 - Volume: Victoria County History. 1908. Victoria County History 1. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol 1. p261. |
| [01d] | SSA403 - Article in serial: Chitty Lily F. 1961/ 1967. Article in the Transactions of the Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club. Trans Caradoc Severn Valley Fld Club. Vol 16. p70. |
| [02a] | SSA136 - Monograph: Webster Graham. 1975. The Cornovii. p84 with plan. |
| [02] | SSA1413 - Field Monument Warden Report: Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (HBMC). 1987-Jul-07. Scheduled Monument Report on SAM 32736 (07/07/1987). |
| [03] | SSA293 - Article in serial: Chitty Lily F. 1957/ 1960. Article in the Transactions of the Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club. Trans Caradoc Severn Valley Fld Club. Vol 15. p42, p54-55, p66-67, p81. |
| [04] | SSA1405 - Article in serial: Corbett. 1962-Jul. Article in Shropshire Magazine. Shropshire Mag. p24-25. |
| [05] | SSA1411 - Photograph: Silvester W A ?. 1957. 19 Photographs of the Mosaic taken in bright sunlight from 1.30pm onwards 28/8/57. Black and white. |
| [06] | SSA1412 - Scheduled Monument notification: Ministry of Public Buildings and Works. 1966. Map of Scheduled area, 1966. |
| [07] | SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File. |
| [08] | SSA28147 - Photograph: Shropshire Council, Archaeology Service. 2004. Scanned and copied slides from Yarchester Roman Villa excavations, 1957-1963. Colour. |
| [09] | SSA28701 - Photograph: Anon. 1957-Sept. Photographs of excavation of mosaic at Yarchester Roman Villa. Black and white. |