6.4 Roman Publications

Cambridgeshire

Greenfield, E, Poulsen, J, and Irving, P V, with 20 contributors, 1996, The Excavation of a 4th century AD Villa and Bath-House at Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire, 1958 and 1959, Proc Cambridge Antiq Soc, 83, 75-127
Two adjacent sites were excavated in 1958 and 1959. Earliest activity is dated to the late Iron Age, although the main phase of occupation is represented by the construction of two buildings representing a villa and its bath-house in the first half of the 4th century AD, adapted from earlier, larger, 2nd century AD structure. 4th century building ceased around AD 360, and at a later date 7 inhumation burials were inserted into the demolition rubble.

Mackreth, D F, with 14 contributors, 1996, Orton Hall Farm: A Roman and Anglo-Saxon Farmstead, E Anglian Archaeol Rep, 76
Excavation of a farm site which dates from the 1st to the 6th century AD with 5 distinct periods of occupation.

Cornwall

see also Smith, G, Prehistoric

Lincolnshire

see also May, J, Prehistoric

London

Brigham, T, Goodburn, D, Tyers, I, and Dillon, J, 1995, A Roman Timber Building on the Southwark Waterfront, London, Archaeol J, 152, 1-72
Excavations in 1987-88 uncovered remains of a well-preserved timber building dated by dendrochronology to AD 152-53. The building is interpreted as a low-cost, short-lived warehouse. The timbers used were oak, including some grown in coppice stools, which implies productive management of woodland near London as early as the late 1st century AD.

see also Cotton, J, Prehistoric

Milne, G, and Wardle, A, with 10 contributors 1996, Early Roman development at Leadenhalll Court, London and related research, Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc, 44, 23-170
Excavations between 1984-86 revealed 23 vernacular buildings constructed between AD 70 and AD 100. The article summarises the development of the site with illustrated descriptions and discussion of thedifferent buildings and their materials. The environmental evidence is discussed and the faunal and botanical remains are used to support the suggestion that an agricultural phase preceeded urbanisation. The finds, which include glass and pottery, are used to identify the reltive status of the buildings and the degree of 'Romanisation' of the different households.

Norfolk

Gregory, T, ed Gurney, D, with 5 contributors, 1996, A Romano-British farmyard at Weeting, Norfolk, E Anglian Archaeol Occasional Papers, 1
Report on a building constructed in the 4th century in the yard of a Romano-British farming establishment. Probably a barn, it overlay other farmyard structures.

Northumberland

Bidwell, PT, and Watson M, with 5 contributors, 1996, Excavations on Hadrians Wall at Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne 1986 - 89 Archaeologia Aeliana, ser. 5.24, 1-24
These excavations record a 240m section of Hadrians Wall destroyed in the construction of the Newcastle upon Tyne western bypass. As well as producing evidence of prehistoric activity (ard marks) a sequence of construction and development and repair of Hadrians wall itself is discussed.

Staffordshire

Esmonde Cleary, A S, and Ferris, I M, (eds), 1996, Excavations at the New Cemetery, Rocester, Staffordshire, 1985-87, Trans Staffordshire Archaeol and Hist Soc, 35,
Excavations identified three Roman forts of the 1st and 2nd centuries, along with a Roman civilian settlement, probably a 'small town' of the 3rd and 4th centuries. A possible phase of late-Saxon activity was also recorded as well as evidence for the use of the site for quasi-industrial purposes in the 15th and 16th centuries, before being given over to agriculture.

Warwickshire

Cracknell, S (ed), with 23 contributors, 1996, Roman Alcester: Defences and Defended Area, CBA Res Rep, 106
The report summarises all the known information on the defended and defended area of Roman Alcester, with detailed information on the excavations at the Gateway supermarket site during the late 1980s, and the Gas House Lane excavation carried out in 1988-89.

West Sussex

Aldsworth, F, and Rudling, D 1995, Excavations at Bignor Roman villa, West Sussex 1985-90, Sussex Archaeol Collect 133, 103-188
Excavations of the main bath-house in 1985, 1987, and 1988, revealed evidence for earlier construction and occupation phases. Plough-damage assessment in 1985,1986,1987, and 1990 re-established the line of the surrounding villa wall. Studies of finds provide additional information about the economy and material culture of the site.

Bedwin, O, and Place, C, with 8 contributors,1995, Late Iron Age and Romano- British occupation at Ounces Barn, Boxgrove, West Sussex; excavations 1982-83, Sussex Archaeol Collect, 133, 45-101
Excavation of the eastern terminal of the Devil's Ditch revealed a small area of a late Iron Age enclosure, and numerous other Romano-British features. Artefacts of the early and middle Bronze Age were retrieved as well as late Iron Age coin moulds.

Yorkshire

Busby, P A, Evans, J, Huntley J P, and Wilson, P R, 1996, A Pottery Kiln at Catterick, Brittania, Vol. 27, 283-97
The excavation of one arm of a probably two-flued Roman kiln of later 3rd/4th century date. The pottery recovered derived from the backfill of the furnace, but was typical of a range of hand-made BB1 imitation vessels previously identified as probably originating in the Catterick area. Analysis of botanical samples suggested that the kiln may have had a dual-purpose and could have been used for drying grain.

Hall, R A, 1997, Excavations in the Praetentura: 9 Blake Street, Archaeol of York, 3/4
Excavation of the praetentura area of the Roman legionary fortress in York.

Ottaway, P, 1996, Excavations and Observations on the Defences and Adjacent Sites 1971-90, Arcaheol of York, 3/3
Various excavations on the site of the Roman legionary fortress in York