Monument record MLI33618 - ROMAN VILLA SITE AT 'THE POODLES', CASTLE HILL FARM, CASTLE BYTHAM
Summary
ROMAN VILLA SITE AT 'THE POODLES', CASTLE HILL FARM, CASTLE BYTHAM
Type and Period (4)
- VILLA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- MOSAIC (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Full Description
Roman tesserae, roof shingles, & skeleton, iron and glass objects. Found 1931 at a depth of 6-18 ins. Small coin of the House of Constantine on the surface (one iron object was an anvil). Found on Castle Hill Farm. Finds in Grantham Museum.{1}{4}
A Roman building was discovered during deep ploughing in a field called The Poodles, Castle Bytham. A pavement of red and yellow tesserae, flue and roof tiles and shingles, a fragment of coloured wall plaster, and a small amount of Roman pottery was found. The site is on high ground near a stream that is a tributary of the River Glen. The original finds made in about 1980. They comprised those listed above, also patches of iron slag and four illegible Roman coins, retained by finder. He indicated siting at SK99251828.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI2957 Index: SMR FILE. CASTLE BYTHAM. SK91NE:E,1979, WHITE, A.J..
- <2> SLI2439 Index: OS CARD INDEX. CASTLE BYTHAM. SK91NE6,1965, D.A..
- <3> SLI1010 Bibliographic Reference: RUDKIN, E.H.. 1939. LOCAL HISTORIAN. VOL 22 P 5.
- <4> SLI8698 Bibliographic Reference: Eleanor Scott. 1993. A Gazetteer of Roman Villas in Britain. p.119.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 9925 1829 (148m by 155m) Approximate |
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Civil Parish | CASTLE BYTHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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