Evolution of a Romano-British Courtyard Villa (Hardback)
Excavations at the former Dings Crusaders Rugby Ground, Stoke Gifford 2016–2018
Series: Cotswold Archaeology Monograph
Pages: 256
Illustrations: 92 B&W and col figs and photos
ISBN: 9781999822217
Published: 4th September 2023
Casemate UK Academic
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Excavations between 2016–2018 revealed a series of structures that were re-organised and rebuilt over time, which culminated in a stone-built winged corridor villa in the mid to late 4th century AD. Wings were added to the buildings and a portico at the front opened out onto a courtyard. The outer courtyard was flanked by ancillary buildings, one of which contained a hypocaust and another a small bath suite. Finds included a rare copper alloy figurative lamp with probable foreign origins, a lion mask and a range of pottery, glass worked stone and bone. Environmental remains indicate a mixed arable and pastoral agricultural economy that supported its inhabitants and may have produced a surplus. Wood for fuel and other purposes was obtained from surrounding hedges and copses.
"The reports on the rich finds assemblages are thorough, and include useful site distribution plots. The biological evidence is similarly comprehensively described."
Current Archaeology
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