Possible Roman villa, vicinity of Brightlingsea (EHER 2132)

Considerable quantities of building material such as tesserae, roof and flue tiles and also pottery, in particular a Samian mortarium were found between 1840 to 1900 at the junction of Church Road, Walnut Street, Park Chase and Spring Road whilst laying pipes.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Considerable quantities of building material such as tesserae pavements, roof and flue tiles and also pottery, in particular a Samian mortarium have been found at the junction of Church Road, Walnut Street, Park Chase and Spring Road while laying pipes between 1884 and 1900. <3> <4> Trans Essex Archaeol Soc wrongly attributes the mortarium to Brightlingsea Hall. <6> Material in Colchester Museum. <1>-<9> Brightlingsea I listed as a Roman villa. <10> ES 9 Listed as the site of a Roman villa. <11> 1994. Archaeological Evaluation. In 1994 an archaeological evaluation to the immediate south of previous finds involving trial trenching was undertaken by ECC Field Archaeology group. The trenches recorded two contexts in which there was residual Roman tile and septaria probably originating from the Roman villa complex to the north. One context produced 87 pieces, weighing 25 855g, a considerable amount to have come from a single context, more than the total amount from many minor Roman sites in the county. Some of the box flue tile recovered is sooted, showing that it is derived from a structure. <12>