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Description: | SITE OF A PROBABLE ROMAN VILLA, 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}
SITE NOW ABOUT TO BE BUILT ON (1966). TESSERAE, WALL PLASTER AND CONCRETE- LINED WATER PIPE FOUND DURING SITE VISIT. ALSO REMAINS OF TESSELLATED FLOOR IN-SITU LAID ON ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF FINE WHITE MORTAR, THEN 3 INCHES COARSE 'OP SIG' THEN SAND. WATER PIPE WAS RUNNING FROM THE NORTH-EAST. IN 1973 SPOIL FROM SWIMMING POOL EXCAVATION ON THE SITE OF THE VILLA WAS DUMPED AT SK96047445; MUCH PAINTED WALL PLASTER WAS FOUND. {2}{6} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 43 - 409 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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