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

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Location

Grid reference ST 5949 1358 (point)
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)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 651077.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1966. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1965. 87. 64.
  • --- Serial: Robinson, Rev G S. 1964. Journal of the Sherborne Historical Society. 1964. 8-13.
  • --- Serial: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. 1964. Journal of Roman Studies 54. 54. 171.

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Sep 2 2021 12:35PM

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