Monument record 2729/1 - Possible Romano-British Villa west of Wansford

Site of a Roman villa discovered in 1934 when hypocausts and paved floors were revealed in a quarry.

{1} Features recovered in Peels Quarry

{2} A Roman building found in 1934 during quarrying operations. A large building, with stone-paved floors was discovered together with a small pillared hypocaust and quantities of 'late Roman pottery'. No other details. Destroyed by quarrying.

{3} Small pillared hypocaust c.5ft wide and much late Roman pottery sherds. Probably part of a small house. Found in Mr C Gordon Peel's pits on the Wansford-King's Cliffe road.

{4} (TL 0618 9914) Roman Villa (GS) (Site of) (TI)

{5} Roman villa found in Peel's Quarry in 1934 (siting as above).

{6} A big building, very extensive, but with only "crazy" stone floors. There was a very good pillared hypocaust but it could be a drying room just as well as a bath or room heating.

{7} Peel's Quarry is now being filled with rubbish. No further information.

{8} Listed in gazetteer of Roman villas.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, TL09NE22 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.114/Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> WYMAN-ABBOTT G, 1937, The Journal of Roman Studies, 27/234 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN5812.

<4> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 6" 1958 (Map). SNN112944.

<5> Annotated Record Map, Rec 6" (C W Phillips 1936 and 1948. (Map). SNN112961.

<6> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, ALF Rivet, 16.6.54 (Oral Report). SNN111577.

<7> Seaman, B H, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 BHS 17-JUN-70 (Notes). SNN111541.

<8> Scott, E., 1993, A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain, p. 149/NH 125 (Monograph). SNN110345.

Record last edited

Feb 10 2025 7:22PM