In 1953 deep ploughing between the farmhouse and Roman river tore up mortar, painted wall plaster and tiles, mostly hollow flue-tiles. A small Constantinian coin and two rims, f305, were also found. The finds were made 300yds SW and 430yds SSW of the house (TL 889254; 888257). <1> The site was part excavated by Campen in the mid 1950s who claimed it was a winged corridor villa, of which he had excavated the corridor (30 x 4ft) paved with red tesserae (note on OS record, source ?). The site was confirmed by Bassett, the corridor being 33 x 8ft. Finds included window glass, C4 coins, Samian stamp (BORILLUS, on f18/31) and polychrome painted wall plaster. <2> Excavations were concluded in 1971 (presumably a separate campaign to Campen). According to OS record part of a masonry building was uncovered, dating from the later C2 to mid or late C4. Further investigation distinguished at least 4 phases of occupation: (a) an E-W ditch contained pottery of mid C1-mid C2; (b) a stone foundation parallel to this, and presumably contemporary, had been cut by a small drainage channel running into the ditch, (c) a N-S corridor on the W side of the late C2 house overlay the ditch and had subsided into it, (d) an E-W corridor on the N side of the house belonged to a later structural period. There is also evidence for timber buildings, as yet undated. <3> in <2> <4> <5> <6> Villa, partly excavated on two occasions, partial plan uncovered (not published). Finds apparently from C1 onwards, including roller stamped flue tiles. <7> Other ref: <8> 7 photos in SMR show corridor and tessellated pavement excavated by Campen. <9> SMR ref to McMaster APs - these not in the record? <10> AP ref <11>

Both resistivity and magnetometry were used in order to locate a ?Roman villa which was excavated in one season in the 1960s by an amateur group. <12> The resistivity survey, made on a very dry soil just after harvest, showed only ridge and furrow patterns. The magnetometry survey was more promising, showing a number of ditches, some parallel to each other. No conclusive evidence of the presence of a building was found. <12>