EDO7509 - Roman villa, Bindles Close, Thornford; excavation 1961

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."