| Title: |
Excavations and Fieldwalking at Bignor Roman Villa. 1997 Interim Reports |
| Number of Pages: |
7 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A fourth season of excavations at Bignor Roman Villa was undertaken in 1997, as part of a research and training project designed to investigate parts of the outer enclosure (the 'Stockyard' or 'Farmyard') of the 4th century courtyard villa. Trench A of 1994-96 was extended along the southern boundary of the site, in order to investigate both the south-east corner of the early Roman ditched enclosure and the southern gateway into the 4th century masonry enclosure. The south-east corner of the ditched enclosure proved to have differed from the north-east corner, as the eastern enclosure ditch ended in a terminal c. 3m north of the southern boundary ditch, rather than meeting it. This gap may have been an entrance, or could have represented the location of a bank created at some stage from upcast from the ditches. The re-exposure of the Stockyard entrance demonstrated that the masonry gateway and flanking walls overlay part of the flint metalled road or track which lay just outside the southern boundary of the enclosure. A pair of large post-holes was discovered c. 3m to the north of the gateway; these may have represented an earlier phase of entrance. An Iron Age coin, the first to be found at Bignor, was recovered from Trench A. A second trench excavated in 1997 investigated the eastern end of a wall, which could be traced as far as the eastern wall of the Ambulatory, which overlay it. It was not possible to establish the direction in which the wall turned. A ditch or trench on roughly the same alignment as the wall, previously revealed in 1995, was located to the east of the Ambulatory wall. Fieldwalking of a field to the south of the road and villa was also undertaken, in February 1997. Very little Roman material was recovered. This suggested that ancillary buildings relating to the villa complex had not existed at this location, although the field lay downslope from the villa, so that colluvial deposits may have masked any evidence. A concentration of Mesolithic flintwork was identified. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
David R Rudling
David J Dunkin
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Bignor |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 4th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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MESOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| 1997 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: BIGNOR ROMAN VILLA
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Chichester
Monument: ROAD. Roman (AD43-410), GATE. Roman (AD43-410), WALL. Roman (AD43-410), DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), DITCH. Undated, [finds]. Iron Age, VILLA. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), POST HOLE. Roman (AD43-410), VILLA (ROMAN). Roman (AD43-410), DITCHED E
Ngr: SU98801470
Parish: Bignor
Postcode: RH201PJ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
