ENN105229 - Whitehall Villa, 2000-12 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference SP 64906 58705 (point) Approximate
Civil Parish NETHER HEYFORD, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

CLASP

Date

June-August 2012

Description

Training excavation of a Romano-British winged corridor villa and its landscape. The 2005 season was filmed for Time Team's 'Big Roman Dig'. {1} The second phase of archaeological exploration began in 2000 with the commencement of large-scale excavation of the site. During 2001 more of the main villa range was revealed with particular emphasise on trying to understand the layout of the east wing. A suite of three rooms associated with the hypocaust and stoke room of the bath house partially uncovered in 1999/2000 were also investigated. In addition a third building initially identified last year about 100ms to the south west of the villa has been explored. The final area of archaeological interest was a trench cut through a bank and ditch that formed an enclosure around the structural elements of the villa. {2} Some limited trial trenching was carried out in 1999 to establish the level of archaeological survival and area excavation commenced in 2000.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Website: Young S. et al. 2000 (circa). Whitehall Farm Roman Villa and Landscape Project. http://www.whitehallvilla.co.uk. (part checked).
  • <2> Project Design: Young S.. 2012. Project Design for Continuation of the Research Excavation & Archaeological Investigation at Whitehall Farm, Stowe Hill, Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire. May 2012. CLASP. p.5 (part checked).
  • <3> Report: Blinkhorn P.W.. 2006. Anglo-Saxon Pottery from the Whitehall Farm Roman Villa. (unchecked).
  • <4> Report: Curteis M.. 2007. Whitehall Farm Roman Villa: Coin Analysis Report. (unchecked).
  • <5> Report: Goodburn D.. 2012. The Whitehall Farm Roman Villa Structural Timbers. M.O.L.A.S.. (unchecked).
  • <6> Report: Jacklin H.A.. 2003. The Whitehall Farm Roman Burial, Nether Heyford, Northants. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. N.C.C.. (unchecked).
  • <7> Report: Young S.. 2011. Whitehall Villa: Romanisation of a Landscape. (unchecked).

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Related Monuments/Buildings (11)

  • C3rd Enclosure Ditch & Bank for the Late Roman Villa (Monument)
  • C3rd Romano-British Bath House (Monument)
  • C4th Romano-British Bath House (Monument)
  • C5th Timber Building (Monument)
  • Early C2nd Romano-British Round Houses (Monument)
  • Early Middle Saxon Pottery (Find Spot)
  • Late C1st Romano-British Inhumation (Monument)
  • Mid C3rd Winged Corridor Villa Building, Whitehall Farm (Monument)
  • Possible Early Romano-British Strip House ('Proto Villa') (Monument)
  • Roman settlement at Whitehall Farm (Monument)
  • Whitehall Roman Villa, Nether Heyford (Monument)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2024 9:28AM

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