Title: |
Roman Settlement Remains on Land off St Michael's Way, Wenhaston, Suffolk |
Series: |
Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Between the 8th April and 28th May 2015 Oxford Archaeology East carried out excavations at Land off St Michael's Way, Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet; the site of a putative Roman small town. The settlement remains span the Middle Roman period (c. AD150-300) but appear to predominantly belong to the 2nd century AD. A regular system of ditched plot boundaries extended across the higher ground in the western part of the site. Within the central part of the site settlement remains focused on a spring, where palaeochannel deposits found equate to the 'dark earth' deposits encountered in the evaluation. An enclosure and two further ditched boundaries were revealed around a set of large pits, representing wells, and a watering-hole sunk into the perched water-table of the spring. The remains of three post-built structures were also revealed across the site, along with further pits and related activity. Additionally, many Roman metalwork artefacts were recovered from the excavation of the overlying topsoil and subsoil, and the tertiary fill of a palaeochannel that led from a spring towards the valley of the River Blyth. The coin assemblage is indicative of special deposition, rather than casual loss, while the range of other artefacts recovered, which includes a relatively large number of brooches and a miniature votive sword, may indicate the presence of a shrine/sanctuary nearby. The planned nature of the settlement, combined with the artefact assemblages provide some support for the interpretation of Wenhaston being a small town during the Middle Roman period. |
Author: |
G Clarke
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Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2017
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Locations: |
Site: |
Land off St Michaels Way, Wenhaston |
County: |
Suffolk |
District: |
Suffolk Coastal |
Parish: |
WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 642850, 275350 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
oxfordar3-207269 |
OBIB: |
OAE report 1966 |
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Note: |
A4 paper bound report - full report
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Created Date: |
08 Oct 2018 |