Possible Roman building, near Bowcroft Wood (EHER 1472)

Surface finds of Romano-British pottery and Samian ware, building material including flints, tegulae, and bricks. Hedge grubbing has cut through a possible pit the exposed side of which produced 5 sherds of coarse ware and a sherd of Samian. Elsewhere the hedge grubbing has produced small quantities of oyster shells. Possibly the site of a Roman villa.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: 1949. Find. Surface scatter of grey, black and red sherds, 1 sherd of plain Samian, tesserae, tegulae and brick fragments, oyster shells, bone fragments found in north part of OS field 605, spreading into the east part of field 609, over an area of about 4 acres. Thickest part of the scatter, indicating site of a building in field 609 about 400yds south-east of wood (NGR TL 614350). <1> May 1950. Field visit. Romano-British pottery and Samian ware, building material including flints, tegulae and bricks found in quantity in this area by G.W. Ridyard. The building material tended to be east of the hedge but was not concentrated at any point. <2> April 1975. Field visit. No surface finds were made in a level area under plough, but hedge grubbing at TL 6147 3292 has cut through a possible pit the exposed side of which produced 5 sherds of coarse ware and a sherd of Samian. Elsewhere the hedge grubbing has produced small quantities of oyster shells. <3> Nothing visible on air photographs. <4> Listed as a Roman villa. <5> ES 68 Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa. <6> See also: <7> <8> Note: near where two Roman roads seem to meet, TL53-083 (0247) and TL63-018 (1452).