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Drag. 18 and small Drag. 27. Flavian or possibly pre- 



Fl avian. 

 Base fragment Drag.37. 2nd century. 

 Drag.P/Walters form. Probably late 2nd century. 

 Two other samian sherds. Probably 2nd century. 

 Coarse Pottery (NB Black-Burnished could include 

 imitations). 



Three B-B plain dog dishes 

 One as above with looped trellis decoration 

 Fragment B-B cooking pot with double oblique-angled 



lattice. Late 3rd-4th century. 

 Rim fragments of two miniature B-B cooking pots. 



Hadrianic/Antonine. 

 Fragments of three B-B 'bead and flange' pie dishes. Late 



3rd-4th century. 

 Fragments of one B-B pie dish. Hadrianic/Antonine. 

 Grey Wares (Most probably of New Forest origin). 

 Fragment of roll rim, storage jar. NF. 3rd-4th century 

 Fragment of dog dish. NF. 3rd-4th century 

 Neck of NF coarse grey jug. 3rd-4th century 

 Fragment of body of above. 3rd-4th century 

 Fragment of grey ware cooking pot with acute angled 



lattice. 

 Fragment of grey ware cooking pot with obtuse angled 



lattice. 

 Other grey fragments, some possibly NF. 3rd-4fh century 

 One grey lid. NF. 3rd-4th century 

 One bead and flange narrow-mouthed NF jar with black 



slip. 3rd-4th century 

 Other Pottery 

 Fragment amphora. 

 Colour-coated Wares 

 new forest (all late 3rd-4th century) 

 Pedestal base. NF? Beaker with black slip. 

 Fragment of indented beaker. NF with red/black slip. 

 Fragments of two NF flagons with red slip. 

 Fragments of a NF flagon with black slip. 

 Fragments of small NF stubby flanged bowl with orange 



slip (anomalous). 

 Fragment of NF imitation ?Drag. 38 bowl (traces of red 



slip). 



OXFORDSHIRE 



Fragment of imitation Drag. 38 bowl (red slip). Late 3rd- 



4th century. 

 Lead Glazed Wares 

 Two fragments of softish orange fabric, brown lead glazed 



slip with incised parallel lines. Found in Roman 



deposit possibly 1st or 2nd century (Musty 1969). 

 Miscellaneous 



Pottery disc, probably a counter. 

 Tile 



Imbrices 



Tegulae (including one large angled fragment). 

 Hypocaust (combed) 

 The position of some of the tiles suggests their re-use in 



secondary structures especially as bonding courses 



in walls, etc. 

 LHS stamped tile. 



Glass 



Fragment of window glass, one side rough from being 



made in a mould. 

 Iron 



One T-shaped box tile nail, (implying a hypocaust). 

 Two nails 25mm long. 

 One nail 51mm long. 

 One nail 76mm long. 



One large 1 52mm long nail with traces of wood adhering. 

 Fragment of 25mm wide iron, possibly strapping. 

 Srone 



Fragment of limestone quern. 

 Two fragments of limestone possibly PChilmark or 



Purbeck. 

 Mollusca 

 Oyster shells. 

 Mussel shells. 



Finds from the pit at north end of section 

 The outline of the pit was not absolutely definite, so the 

 finds listed are probably but not certainly a group. 

 B-B cooking pot sherds including two with oblique angled 



lattice. Late 3rd-4th century. 

 Two rims of B-B cooking pots. Hadrianic/Antonine. 

 Handle of a NF coarse ware jug. 3rd-4th century. 

 Fragment of a NF red colour coated ware beaker. 3rd- 



4th century. 

 Fragment of NF parchment ware vessel with painted red 



wavy line on the internal bevel of the rim. 

 Fragment of a large dark grey hand-trimmed storage jar. 



Undatable. 

 Three fragments of imbrices, one with an animal paw 



print on it. 

 Two fragments of wall plaster with a red stripe painted 



over a white background. 

 One small nail. 

 Three fragments of limestone, PChilmark or Purbeck. 



1977 EXCAVATION 



In 1977 John Stratton decided to explore further 

 the substantial building found at the edge of the 

 Roman road in trench B in 1964. The excavations 

 took place during July/ August as part of a Wiltshire 

 Youth and Community Service project with the 

 assistance of a party of French students from Loiret. 



A 33 x lm trench was laid out at right angles to 

 the line of the Roman road in order to obtain a 

 further complete cross section. In addition a series 

 of boxes were excavated to the NE of the main 

 trench across the area known to contain the building 

 foundations (Figure A2). The building was 

 approximately 19.8 x 6.2m with the long axis very 

 approximately NW/SE and at right angles to the 

 line of the road (Figure A3). 



The building had rammed chalk foundations 

 about 0.5m deep and lm in width. Mortared flint 



