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Description: | A LARGE ROMAN VILLA CONSISTING OF SEVERAL SEPARATE BUILDINGS, SOME OF WHICH CERTAINLY CONTAIN MOSAICS, IN SITU AND UNDISTURBED. THE MAIN VILLA BUILDING APPEARS TO BE TO THE SW, WITH A RANGE OF OUTBUILDINGS ALONG THE LOW LYING VALLEY BOTTOM TO THE NE. ONE MOSAIC, PARTIALLY UNCOVERED IN SEPTEMBER 1975 CONTAINED MAINLY GEOMETRIC MOTIFS AND LAY IN A ROOM OR CORRIDOR 24FT BY 9FT. A SCATTER OF FINDS FROM THE SITE IS MAINLY OF LATE ROMAN DATE. THE FIELD HAS BEEN UNDER PLOUGH FOR 4 YEARS AND PLOUGHING HAS PROBABLY NOT ERODED MUCH OF THE TOP SURFACE. THE UNDAMAGED MOSAIC LAY UNDER 6INS DEPTH OF PLOUGH SOIL. THE OWNER HAS AGREED TO PRESERVE THE SITE IN SITU IN FUTURE UNDER PASTURE.{1}
NOTHING VISIBLE ON THE SURFACE NOW BUT I WAS PRESENT WHEN THE MOSAIC WAS UNCOVERED IN 1975 - A SUPERB MOSAIC WHICH INCLUDED AN UNUSUALLY REALISTIC BLACKBIRD.{2}
POTTERY OF DARK GREY FABRIC FOUND IN PLOUGHING IN 1963. {4}, AREA 3H, HTM 76M | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 43 - 409 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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