Monument record MDO3663 - Roman building and occupation debris near Charlton Barrow, Spetisbury

Antiquarian reports of Roman pottery and other finds such as shale armlets and brooches, as well as reports of frequent finds of coins from allotments, have led to the suggestion that there may be a Roman building, possibly a villa, somwhere in the vicinity of Charlton Barrow. The site of the building has not been identified.

(ST 904033) Foundations of a 'Roman Villa' are reported within a quarter of a mile of Charlton Barrow. Finds from the site include Samian and coarse ware, two Kimmeridge shale 'amulets' and bronze brooches. <1-2>

DO 5 Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa. <3>

<1> Hutchins, J, 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 2. 3rd edition, 522 (Monograph). SDO9443.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 59 (Monograph). SDO146.

'(11) ROMAN BUILDING AND OCCUPATION DEBRIS.
Foundations of a 'Roman Villa' are reported (Hutchins III, 522) within ¼m. of Charlton Barrow (904033); finds from the site included samian and coarse ware, two Kimmeridge shale 'amulets' and bronze brooches.
Numerous coins from allotments in the parish included bronze autonomous Greek coins of the 2nd centry B.C. (J.G. Milne, Finds of Greek Coins in the British Isles (1948), 18f., 24; H. S. L. Dewar (ed.), The Thomas Rackett Papers (1965), 72-3, 86-7).'

<3> Scott, E, 1993, A Gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain, 51 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1795.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209593 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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