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Southwell Roman Villa
Southwell Roman Villaby dave johnson
Church Street
St Mary’s Minster
Bishop’s Manor
Vicar’s Court
South Muskham Prebend
The Old Rectory
Potwell Dyke
North Muskham Prebend
Platt’s Orchard
Proposed Development Site
Southwell Roman Villaby dave johnson
Church Street
St Mary’s Minster
Bishop’s Manor
Vicar’s Court
South Muskham Prebend
The Old Rectory
Potwell Dyke
Normanton Prebend
Platt’s Orchard
Proposed Development Site
Daniels 1959
South Wing
East Wing
Possible building remains found by contractors 1959
Caution: The position identified on the above map for Daniel’s southern wing of the villa is the accepted position of where his 6 roomed building was.The problem is that this is not in the site where the school was eventually built so where was it?
Southwell Roman Villaby dave johnson
Church Street
St Mary’s Minster
Bishop’s Manor
Vicar’s Court
South Muskham Prebend
The Old Rectory
Potwell Dyke
Normanton Prebend
Platt’s Orchard
Proposed Development Site
Elliott 2004
North Wing
Southwell Roman Villaby dave johnson
Church Street
St Mary’s Minster
Bishop’s Manor
Vicar’s Court
South Muskham Prebend
The Old Rectory
Potwell Dyke
Normanton Prebend
Platt’s Orchard
Proposed Development Site
3 course Roman wall
Plate 4: Northwest end of Trench 17, were it joins Trench 1. Wall (105)can be seen continuing into Trench 17 as (1714). The construction cut[1718] and its rubble fill (1719) can be seen in the north-facing section,cutting through the large in filled feature [1713].Rowe 2010
Plate 8: Looking south over the western end of Trench 2. Inhumation A[204] can be seen cutting through ditch [206]. Radiocarbon dating carried out on the femur of this individual provided a date between660AD and 870 ADRowe 2010.
Southwell Advertiser 2008
Rowe 2010
Southwell Roman Villaby dave johnson
Church Street
St Mary’s Minster
Bishop’s Manor
Vicar’s Court
South Muskham Prebend
The Old Rectory
Potwell Dyke
Normanton Prebend
Platt’s Orchard
Proposed Development Site
Savage & Sleap 2012
Extensive cemetery of Anglo-Saxon origin
Foundations of long rectangular building left in situ
Possible quarry with remains of mirrored Roman feature to the north
Remains of post holes for a long rectangular building of medieval origin
Small square building of Roman origin
Evidence of numerous early to late Roman
workings
Plate 7: Floor surface812 exposed in Romanbuilding 693, looking E. Savage & Sleap 2012
Plate 5 The Roman building on the South west of the site Savage & Sleap 2012
Plate 8: Intercutting graves 111 and 109, looking S.The older grave, 109, containing skeleton 24, iscloser to the camera. Savage & Sleap 2012
Southwell Roman Villaby dave johnson
Church Street
St Mary’s Minster
Bishop’s Manor
Vicar’s Court
South Muskham Prebend
The Old Rectory
Potwell Dyke
Normanton Prebend
Platt’s Orchard
Proposed Development Site
Skerry stone building blocks in base of boundary wall, north side of South Muskham Prebend Further Anglo-Saxon
burials reported in Newark Advertiser
If Daniels was doing an archaeological investigation prior to the building of the new Grammar School (1959) what was he doing digging here?
Southwell Roman Villaby dave johnson
Church Street
St Mary’s Minster
Bishop’s Manor
Vicar’s Court
South Muskham Prebend
The Old Rectory
Potwell Dyke
North Muskham Prebend
Platt’s Orchard
Proposed Development Site
Southwell Roman Villaby dave johnson
Church Street
St Mary’s Minster
Bishop’s Manor
Vicar’s Court
South Muskham Prebend
The Old Rectory
Potwell Dyke
North Muskham Prebend
Platt’s Orchard
Proposed Development Site
Daniels 1959Elliott 2004Rowe 2010Savage & Sleap 2012
South Wing
East Wing
Possible building remains found by contractors 1959
North Wing
3 course Roman wall
Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Early to late Roman features
Late-Roman foundations left in situ
Quarry and features of Roman origin
Remains of post holes of medieval origin
Small square building of Roman origin
Stone building blocks
Anglo-Saxon burials
References
• British Archaeology Issue 119, July / August 2011• Daniels, C.M. 1966 “Excavation on the site of the Roman villa at Southwell, 1959”
Transactions of the Thoroton Society, Nottinghamshire, 70, 13-54• Elliott, L. 2004 “Roman and Medieval remains at Church Street, Southwell,
Nottinghamshire” Transactions of the Thoroton Society, Nottinghamshire, 108, 87-99• Newark Advertiser, Thurs April 26th 2012• Rowe M. 2010 “Archaeological Evaluation” for Pre-Construct Archaeological Services
for JWA Architect and Caunton properties & British Archaeology Issue 119, July / August 2011
• Savage R D & Sleap J Dec 2012. Archaeological Excavation Interim Report on the Proposed Residential Development, Church Street, Southwell, Nottingham. Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd
• Symposium Report - Southwell & District Local History Society• www.southwellhistorysociety.co.uk/page13.html