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Description: | REMAINS OF A ROMAN VILLA AT GREETWELL FIELDS IN LINCOLN, NOW A BUILT-UP AREA, FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1883. FINDS CONTINUED TO BE FOUND UNTIL 1894 WHEN IRONSTONE QUARRYING OF THE SITE CEASED. HOUSING WAS BUILT ON THE SITE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, IN THE 1920s AND 1940s, PRODUCING FURTHER FINDS AND IN- SITU REMAINS.
THE EVIDENCE INDICATES A BUILDING OF AT LEAST TWO PHASES, POSSIBLY OF COURTYARD OR WINGED PLAN. LONG CORRIDORS FORM 3 SIDES OF A POSSIBLY RECTANGULAR BUILDING, WITH ROOMS LEADING OFF INTERNALLY; NEARLY ALL WITH MOSAIC FLOORS AND TRACES OF PAINTED WALL PLASTER. A BATH SUITE WAS FOUND AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE COMPLEX, LINKED TO THE EAST-WEST CORRIDOR. TRACES OF HYPOCAUST WERE FOUND, ALSO FLUE TILES, ROOF TILES, DRAINS, AND A WATER PIPELINE. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}{9}{10}{11}{12}
ROMAN VILLA EXCAVATED JUST OUTSIDE OF LINCOLN. WALL PLASTER SURVIVES SHOWING PETALLED FLOWERS AND FRAGMENTS OF LETTERING. SIMILAR BLOSSOMS FOUND IN HOLLAND AT PLASMOLEN, KLOOSTERBERG. {13} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 43 - 409 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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