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| HER Number | MWB9894 |
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| Record Type | Find Spot |
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| Name | 1-3 Market Place, Newbury (Roman finds) |
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Summary
Roman tiles and pieces of quern or millstone excavated in 1974
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Newbury Town Centre
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01387.00.003
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
Excavations took place at 1-3 Market Place in 1974 and several periods of activity were identified. Roman activity was attested to with finds of Roman tile and, within a 12th century layer, but dated to the Roman period, pieces of what was initially identified as millstone-grit querns <1>, then millstone-grit millstones <2><3>, then millstones of an unidentified conglomerate that may be Devon sandstone <4>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Newbury District Field Club. 1976. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1976 VOL 12 NO 4. Scanned by West Berkshire Museum. p21-41. [Article in serial / SWB8034] |
| <02> | Newbury District Field Club. 1979. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1979 VOL 12 NO 5. Scanned by West Berkshire Museum. p19-40. [Article in serial / SWB10952] |
| <03> | Newbury District Field Club. 1979. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1979 VOL 12 NO 5. Scanned by West Berkshire Museum. p78-82 An Archaeological Speculation by S D Ford. [Article in serial / SWB10952] |
| <04> | Newbury District Field Club. 1981. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1981 VOL 12 NO 6. Scanned by West Berkshire Museum. p42-55 Excavations Newbury Town Centre, 1971-4. [Article in serial / SWB8044] |
| <05> | Newbury District Field Club. 1989. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1989 VOL 13 NO 4. p21-29. [Article in serial / SWB12916] |
| <06> | Vince, A G, Lobb, S J, Richards, J C and Mepham, L. 1997. Excavations in Newbury, Berkshire 1979-1990. Wessex Archaeology Report 13. p3. [Monograph / SWB12718] |
| <07> | Ford, S. 1974. Excavations in Newbury Town Centre, 1 Market Place, Newbury. NEBYM:1979.76. [Excavation archive / SWB13812] |
Related Monuments
| MWB3436 | CHEAP STREET/MARKET PLACE, NEWBURY (Monument) |
| MWB9919 | 1 Market Place, Newbury (Saxon finds) (Find Spot) |
| MWB3439 | 1-3 Market Place, Newbury (Medieval building) (Monument) |
| MWB10111 | 1-3 Market Place, Newbury (Mesolithic finds) (Find Spot) |
| MWB15975 | Greenham Streams (Tudor Road stream), Newbury (Monument) |
| MWB9904 | 'Municipal Buildings', Newbury (Town Hall) (Find Spot) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB137 | 1 Market Place, Newbury (Stan Ford's Site 2) |
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