EDO7509 - Roman villa, Bindles Close, Thornford; excavation 1961
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Location
Grid reference | ST 5949 1358 (point) |
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Map sheet | ST51SE |
Civil Parish | Thornford; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1961
Description
Excavations in October 1961 were carried out by Leach and the Sherborne School Archaeological Society. "Two seasons excavations have produced a plan of a winged corridor villa of conventional shape". Six rooms have been uncovered, one of which had a simple tessellated pavement, linked by a corridor paved with slabs of lias. The majority of the floors were paved with rough slabs. Room 4 had the tessellated pavement along with painted wall plaster and a hearth. The corridor was 7 ft 6 ins wide and ran along the south side of rooms 1 to 4. Coins found ranged from Caracalla (AD 211-217) to Valens (AD370). Samian, coarse ware and various animal bones have also been found. There are signs of more buildings some 60 yds to the south and … "It is by no means certain that the building here described is identical with that discovered by Professor Buckman … It seems reasonable to expect that there remains a great deal more to be discovered at Thornford."
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651077.
- --- SDO65 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1966. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1965. 87. 64.
- --- SDO10581 Serial: Robinson, Rev G S. 1964. Journal of the Sherborne Historical Society. 1964. 8-13.
- --- SDO16647 Serial: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. 1964. Journal of Roman Studies 54. 54. 171.
Record last edited
Sep 2 2021 12:35PM