Roman

Britain

Burnham, B C, Keppie,L J F, Esmonde Cleary, et al, 1994 Roman Britain in 1993, Britannia,25, 245-314
The annual round-up of sites explored and inscriptions discovered.

Bedfordshire

Brown, Anthony, 1994 A Romano-British shell-gritted pottery and tile manufacturing site at Harrold, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire Archaeol, 21, 19-107
A group of nine kilns was excavated, the pottery from them and from the clay pits indicating manufacture from mid-1st to early 5th centuries AD. Evolution of both the kilns and the pottery is discussed. A probable tile kiln was operating in late 2nd century and in late 3rd to mid-4th century.

Dawson, Michael, 1994 A Late Roman cemetery at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire Archaeol Monogr Ser, 1
Dispersed evidence from earlier work by various hands is brought together in this report on a (probable) Roman villa, a late 4th century cemetery with 56 graves (mostly N-S oriented and some coffined, others stone-lined), and a field system below the cemetery.

Buckinghamshire

Yeoman, P A and Stewart, I J, 1992 A Romano-British villa estate at Mantles Green, Amersham, Buckinghamshire,Rec Buckinghamshire, 34, 107-82
Geophysical survey and sampling excavations revealed trackways, a possible ford, boundaries, traces of timber buildings and of a large rectangular flint-based building with yard, drying kiln, a possible furnace base and smithing waste. The estate's extent and economy are discussed.

Cumbria

Austen, Paul S, 1994 Recent excavations on Hadrian's Wall at Burgh-by-Sands, Trans Cumberland Westmorland Antiq Archaeol Soc, 94, 35-54
Reports two excavations and a number of observations. The main discovery was that a cobble layer underlies the Turf Wall from West End to Milecastle 72, and allows the hyothesis of a 5-mile legionary length from Milecastle 67 of Turret 67a to Turret 72a. The berm in this area was much wider than the 6ft usually postulated. Some further questions are raised and demonstrate the unsuspected complexities at this end of the Wall.

Derbyshire

Dearne, Martin J, 1993 Navio: the fort and vicus at Brough-on-Noe, Derbyshire, BAR Brit Ser, 234
Presents previously unpublished work on the site by various hands together with results of six years' work on the vicus. The fort runs from AD 80 to about 350, and in the civil settlement areas of earlier and later activity were defined.

Devon

Holbrook, Neil, and Bidwell, Paul T, 1992 Roman pottery from Exeter 1980--1990, J Roman Pottery Stud,5, 35-80
Essentially a supplement to the finds volume published in 1991, this article catalogues the pottery found on a dozen newer sites in the city and sets out the new dating evidence which it provides for the legionary fortress and other areas. New or more completely preserved types of pottery are included, and general notes on the fabric series revise or amplify some of the conclusions in the earlier work.

Dorset

Greene, J Patrick, 1993 Excavations at Dorchester Hospital (Site C), Dorchester, Dorset, Proc Dorset Natur Hist Archaeol Soc, 115, 71-100
The main activity here was in Phase 4, a building with at least four rooms and six ovens, probably industrial and possibly dating to later third to fourth century.

Essex

Cool, H E M, and Price, Jennifer, 1995 Roman vessel glass from excavations in Colchester, 1971- 85, Colchester Archaeol Rep, 8
Intended to provide a synthesis against which assemblages from other sites in Britain can be viewed, this volume discusses in eleven detailed chapters the evidence for the date and distribution of each vessel form. There follows a summary of the Roman Colchester forms, period by period, then the evidence for their places of manufacture; a final chapter considers the individual assemblages from each site. An important appendix reports on the chemical analysis of four groups of colourless glass fragments from Colchester.

Medlycott, Maria, 1994 The Othona Community site, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex: the extra-mural settlement, Essex Archaeol Hist, 25, 60-71
North of the Saxon Shore fort a number of shallow irregular gulies were dug in the period mid-3rd to early 5th-century, possibly for drainage or for horticultural/agricultural reasons.

Hampshire

see Prehistoric list under Oliver, Mary

Lincolnshire

Leary, R S, 1994, Excavations at the Romano-British settlement at Pasture Lodge Farm, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire, 1975-77 by H M Wheeler, Occas Pap Lincolnshire Hist Archaeol, 10
Part of a ditch complex of mid-1st century AD contained coarse pottery, a brooch and some baked clay sling-shots; a succeeding phase of ditches and fire-pits yielded more animal bone and a wider range of artefact types, of 2nd to 4th centuries. A Romanised stone building was erected in later 4th century and modified extensively thereafter.

London

Shepherd, John D, 1988 [1993] The Roman occupation in the area of Paternoster Square, City of London, Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc, 39, 1-30
The area between the River Fleet and the NW corner of St Paul's Cathedral is reported, with elaboration of earlier interim reports. Discussed are the nature of the Roman occupation, the siting of cemeteries, and the road systems; influence of the city defences on later occupation is also examined.

Symonds, R P and Tomber, R S, et al, 1991 (1994) Late Roman London: an assessment of the ceramic evidence from the City of London, Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc, 42, 59-99
Presents quantified data for five dated assemblages from three City of London sites, ranging from AD 140-400+, and offers suggestions for future research.

Somerset

Leach, Peter (ed), 1994 Ilchester volume 2: archaeology, excavations and fieldwork to 1984, Sheffield Excav Rep, 2
Thematically-arranged volume discussing the town defences, town and suburb, cemeteries, and hinterland. A review of cultural and environmental evidence is also presented.

Warwickshire

Cracknell, Stephen, and Mahany, Christine, 1994 Roman Alcester: southern extramural area - 1964-1966 excavations. Part 2: finds and discussion, CB Res Rep, 97 Roman Alcester Ser, 2
Catalogue and discussion of finds -- pottery, samian, amphorae, mortaria, metalwork, bone products, building materials, etc -- from the site noted in the next entry. These are used to discuss the site's economy and context.

Mahany, Christine (ed), 1994 Roman Alcester: southern extramural area - 1964-1966 excavations. Part 1: stratigraphy and structures, CBA Res Rep, 96 Roman Alcester Ser, 1
The principal roads, several buildings, and cemeteries had already been discovered; these excavations uncovered more roads, many buildings and enclosures, a substantial ditch, and human burials. Agricultural and industrial functions are likely for some of the structures in this unplanned settlement, and some were successively rebuilt. One building may have been for shoemaking, another contained a probable smithy. Six types of buildings range from native-type huts to stone-founded, but the only likely public buildings in the town are not on this site.

Yorkshire

Cool, H E M, Lloyd-Morgan, G, and Hooley, A D, 1995 Finds from the fortress, Archaeol of York, 17/10, 1513-1686
A report on the conservation of the artefacts found at three sites within the fortress is followed by an archaeological summary and typological discussion, by function, of the material. A method is set out for summarising assemblages from different periods and areas of these and other sites. Correspondence Analysis is then used to compare the York assemblages with others at Caerleon. The structure of the assemblage appears to reflect the change of garrison from the Ninth to the Sixth Legion.

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