MANTLES GREEN MEADOW
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.Description
Roman villa and possible late Roman and Saxon cemetery site at Mantles Green Meadow
EXTENSIVE SITE IN FIELD BETWEEN BACK LANE & A413 W OF AMERSHAM, ALSO S SIDE OF A413 STRAY FINDS (:01), EVIDENCE OF CEMETERY (:02) LATE ROMAN/SAXON. PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SHARDELOES VILLA, VILLA ITSELF NOT PRECISELY LOCATED. FOR OTHER EVIDENCE SEE CAS 1450. AREA EXCAVATED (:04) 1983-1984.
Buckinghamshire County Museum reports the finding of a crushed, grey-tempered storage jar (10in diameter) with impressed decoration on shoulder by Michael Gibbons during the Amersham By-Pass excavations - thought to have been found in this vicinity (24).
Finds made during the constructionof the Amersham By-Pass in 1985 include a fragment of a late Roman copper-alloy bracelet and a copper-alloy cosmetic mortar in the form of a horned bovid (25).
Evaluation by AS&C in April 2003 at West Lodge found only redeposited Romano-British building material (chalk blocks and brick/tile fragments) possibly disturbed during C19 or C20 building works (26).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Roman villa and possible late Roman and Saxon cemetery site at Mantles Green Meadow
Date Listed
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