Monument record MDO5750 - Roman building, Hinton Parva

A Roman building was discovered here in 1939. Reports describe a rubble wall, and finds of stone roofing slabs, tiles and wall plaster suggest that this was a substantial high-status building, possibly a villa.

The remains were found during levelling for the construction of a garage in 1939 and were presumably destroyed at that time. The owner could add no additional information. <2>

DO 17 Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa. <5>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1950, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1949, 66 (Serial). SDO49.

<2> Work, R L B, 1954, Field Investigators Comments RLBW, F1 RLBW 23-MAR-54 (Unpublished document). SWX3791.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 32 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(3) BUILDING AND OCCUPATION DEBRIS (00390387), immediately N.W. of the church, was found in 1939. The site lies on Chalk at 100 ft. above O.D., in the lower slopes of the Allen valley. A rubble wall, stone roofing slabs, tiles, wall-plaster and some pottery were noted (Dorset Procs., 71 (1949), 66).’

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1974 (Map). SDO17396.

(SU 00390387) ROMAN BUILDING (R) (Site of) (NAT)

<5> Scott, E, 1993, A Gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain, 53 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1795.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213154 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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