Monument record 4946/0/20 - Roman Building

Unconfirmed reports of a large box of tesserae being handed to Northampton Museum. Reports of a possible mosaic found in the mid C19 at Duston.

{1}A letter written in 1939 records the memory that 'in the 1880's a large box of mosaics from a pavement' was taken to Northampton Museum; this material cannot, however, be traced;

{2} Possibly from Roman villa;

{4}Evidence for buildings within the settlement is fragmentary and often short on detail of location or form. Sharp, recording the discoveries from the quarries, is contradictory for in 1871 he reports that no indications of domestic habitation had yet been discovered yet in 1862 he had noted that with finds of black and white tesserae coming from the quarry there had undoubtedly been a Roman house on the site.

<1> Northampton Museum Records, Donations (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN126.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.253 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<3> 1939, N.MUS DONATIONS FORMS, (unchecked) (Correspondence). SNN39793.

<4> Taylor J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Duston (Roman), Section 3.3 Buildings (Report). SNN103115.

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May 19 2023 3:27PM