| Title: |
Archaeological investigations at Preston Roman Villa, Springfield Road, Brighton, 2002 and 2004
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| Issue: |
Sussex Archaeological Collections 156 |
| Series: |
Sussex Archaeological Collections
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| Volume: |
156
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| Page Start/End: |
41 - 66 |
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| Licence Type: |
ADS Terms of Use and Access
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Archaeology South-East was commissioned to carry out an archaeological excavation situated at the junction of Preston Road and Springfield Road, Brighton. The site has been known since the 1870s to contain one of Brighton’s most well-known archaeological monuments, the Springfield Road or Preston Roman villa. Excavations in the early 20th century uncovered a number of walls relating to at least five rooms, some of which contained tessellated floors. The excavations reported here located a small surviving area of Roman stratigraphy including walls, a chalk-lined well, rubbish pits and a burial. Two stone wall foundations were identified, although one had been severely truncated by 19th- century pitting, and the other survived mainly as a robber trench. Several possible floor deposits of mortar were recognised, together with a very small surviving patch of coarse tessellated floor. An important assemblage of artefacts and pottery sheds some light on the activities of the inhabitants. The new findings are considered in relation to the previous work undertaken at the site and an updated overview of the villa plan is presented. |
| Year of Publication: |
2018
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Preston Road |
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Brighton |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Springfield Road |
| District: |
Brighton and Hove |
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Preston |
| Country: |
England |
| Place: |
Brighton |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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VILLA
(Monument Type England)
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WELL
(Monument Type England)
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EXCAVATION
(Event)
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| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| early 20th century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| archaeological excavation (Auto Detected Subject) |
| tessellated floors (Auto Detected Subject) |
| walls (Auto Detected Subject) |
| burial (Auto Detected Subject) |
| stone wall (Auto Detected Subject) |
| floor (Auto Detected Subject) |
| robber trench (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Villa (Auto Detected Subject) |
| artefacts (Auto Detected Subject) |
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GRAVE
(Monument Type England)
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| pottery sheds (Auto Detected Subject) |
| mortar (Auto Detected Subject) |
| 19th- century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Supplementary data is available in the ADS Library
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
23 Jun 2021 |
