Southwell Roman Villa Southwell Roman Villa by dave
Southwell Roman Villa
Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson Church Street St Mary’s Minster Normanton Prebend North Muskham Prebend Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend Platt’s Orchard East Wing Bishop’s Manor South Wing Proposed Development Site Daniels 1959 The Old Rectory Possible building remains found by contractors 1959 Caution: The position identified on the above map for Daniel’s southern wing of the villa is the accepted position of where his 6 roomed building was. The problem is that this is not in the site where the school was eventually built so where was it? Potwell Dyke
Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson Church Street St Mary’s Minster Normanton Prebend Vicar’s Court North Wing South Muskham Prebend Platt’s Orchard Bishop’s Manor Proposed Development Site The Old Rectory Elliott 2004 Potwell Dyke
Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson Church Street Plate 4: Northwest end of Trench 17, were it joins Trench 1. Wall (105) can be seen continuing into Trench 17 as (1714). St Mary’s Minster The construction cut [1718] and its rubble fill (1719) can be seen in the north-facing section, cutting through the large in filled feature [1713]. Rowe 2010 Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend 2010 Plate 8: Looking south over the western end of Trench 2. Inhumation A [204] can be seen cutting through ditch [206]. Radiocarbon dating carried out on the femur of this individual provided a date between 660 AD and 870 AD Rowe 2010. Platt’s Orchard Southwell Advertiser 2008 Bishop’s Manor Rowe Normanton Prebend 3 course Roman wall Proposed Development Site The Old Rectory Potwell Dyke
Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson Church Street St Mary’s Minster Normanton Prebend Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend Platt’s Orchard Plate 7: Floor surface 812 exposed in Roman building 693, looking E. Savage & Sleap 2012 Bishop’s Manor e 5 The Roman building on the South west of the site age & Sleap 2012 Extensive cemetery of Anglo-Saxon origin Evidence of numerous early to late Roman workings Proposed Development Site The Old Rectory Savage & Sleap 2012 e 8: Intercutting graves 111 and 109, looking S. older grave, 109, containing skeleton 24, is er to the camera. Foundations of long rectangular building left in situ Small square building of Roman origin Possible quarry with remains of mirrored Roman feature to the north Remains of post holes for a long rectangular building of medieval origin Savage & Sleap 2012 Potwell Dyke
Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson Church Street St Mary’s Minster Vicar’s Court Normanton Prebend Skerry stone building blocks in base of boundary wall, north side of South Muskham Prebend Platt’s Orchard Further Anglo-Saxon burials reported in Newark Advertiser Bishop’s Manor Proposed Development Site If Daniels was doing an archaeological investigation prior to the building of the new Grammar School (1959) what was he doing digging here? The Old Rectory Potwell Dyke
Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson Church Street North Muskham Prebend Stone building blocks St Mary’s Minster Vicar’s Court North Wing South Muskham Prebend Platt’s Orchard Anglo-Saxon burials East Wing Bishop’s Manor South Wing Anglo-Saxon cemetery 3 course Roman wall Daniels Elliott Rowe Savage & Sleap 1959 2004 2010 2012 Possible building remains found by contractors 1959 Proposed Development Site The Old Rectory Early to late Roman features Late-Roman foundations left in situ Small square building of Roman origin Quarry and features of Roman origin Remains of post holes of medieval origin Potwell Dyke
References • British Archaeology Issue 119, July / August 2011 • Daniels, C. M. 1966 “Excavation on the site of the Roman villa at Southwell, 1959” Transactions of the Thoroton Society, Nottinghamshire, 70, 13 -54 • Elliott, L. 2004 “Roman and Medieval remains at Church Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire” Transactions of the Thoroton Society, Nottinghamshire, 108, 87 -99 • Newark Advertiser, Thurs April 26 th 2012 • Rowe M. 2010 “Archaeological Evaluation” for Pre-Construct Archaeological Services for JWA Architect and Caunton properties & British Archaeology Issue 119, July / August 2011 • Savage R D & Sleap J Dec 2012. Archaeological Excavation Interim Report on the Proposed Residential Development, Church Street, Southwell, Nottingham. Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd • Symposium Report - Southwell & District Local History Society • www. southwellhistorysociety. co. uk/page 13. html
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