Site of a probable Roman villa at Burton. A piece of tessellated pavement about a yard square was found during the construction of a reservoir at Burton in 1911. It is said that when the ground to the south-east was dug for the laying of drains to the almshouses nothing further was seen. The rest of the site seems to be under the cottage to the north-west. The fragment of tessellated pavement discovered on August 16, 1910 is in Lincoln Museum. {1} The site is now about to be built on (1966). Tesserae, wall plaster and a concrete-lined water pipe was found during a site visit. There was also the remains of a tessellated floor in-situ laid on one and a half inches of fine white mortar, then 3 inches of coarse 'opus signinum' then sand. A water pipe was running from the north-east. In 1973 spoil from a swimming pool excavation on the site of the villa was dumped at SK96047445; much painted wall plaster was found. {2}{6} A possible Roman trackway was identified in trial trenching to the immediate east, with pottery from the ditch fill dating to the mid to late 3rd century. {7}{8}