Find Spot record 726/0/30 - Unstratified Romano-British Stone Frieze

Section of frieze found during excavations in St Lawrence's Road and reused in the floor of a 4th-century building.

{1} Find made in St Lawrence's Road, Romano-British stone frieze, now unlocated. Section of a frieze, bearing a reversing acanthus tendril scroll, with one flower and one annulus and centre pellet at the nodes, and three petalled flower forms in the angles springing from caulicoli reaching alternate margins. All rather weathered. Three dowel holes on one face, other face abraded in secondary use. Probably the frieze of a Corinthian style monument or portico.

{2} An enormous block and there is a Lewis hole in the top surface to lift it via a pulley or crane. Although it may have come from an internal monumental building it should be noted that tombs were often the first buildings to be demolished for re-use in antiquity.

<1> Woodfield P., 1978, Roman Architectural Masonry From Northamptonshire, 13/85 (unchecked) (Article). SNN101140.

<2> Hayward, K, Henig, M, and Willett, S, 2026, Major Roman Sculptures from Towcester, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN117045.

<3> Brown AE, Woodfield C, 1983, Excavations at Towcester, Northamptonshire: the Alchester Road Suburb, Microfiche, M72 (Article). SNN104558.

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Aug 11 2026 8:54AM