Monument record 1655/0/5 - Early Romano-British Well

{1} Early Roman well - 1.5m deep constructed with roughly dressed limestone blocks - formed a circular shaft which tapered from 0.85m-0.8m across. Well contained a group of lower Nene valley greyware vessels (including one with an unusual spiral and roultted decoration and a stamp of vediacus impressed on a mortarium rim), a shelleyware necked jar of second century date, a complete circular limestone column, an almost complete tegular and imbrex, two fragments of a large glass bowl and a piece of window glass.

{2} An early Roman well was fully excavated. It was 1.5m deep and had been constructed of roughly dressed limestone blocks to form a circular shaft which tapered from 0.85m to 0.8m across. It contained a group op lower Nene valley greyware vessels, a shelly ware necked jar of early-mid C2nd date and a stamp of the potter Vediacus (AD 140-180) was impressed on a mortarium rim. Other find included two fragments of a large glass bowl, together with a circular limestone column with a maximum diameter of 200mm, an almost complete tegula and imbrex, and a piece of window glass which indicate the presence of a nearby building.

<1> Parry S., 1993, Raunds Area Survey Report, p.148 (checked) (Draft). SNN1175.

<2> Parry S. et al, 2006, Raunds Area Survey: An Archaeological Study of The Landscape of Raunds, Northamptonshire 1985-94, p.200 (checked) (Book). SNN105780.

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