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6a Passageway joining rooms 5b, 6 and 7, Chedworth Roman Villa

Record ID:  75539 / MNA148223
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: Scheduled Monument
NT Property:  Chedworth Roman Villa; South West
Civil Parish:  Chedworth; Cotswold; Gloucestershire
Grid Reference:  SP 05262 13452
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Summary

Short passage way joining three rooms of the west wing of the Roman house. It has a simple geometric mosaic floor in situ. Following the Cotswold Archaeology 2000 survey it was re-buried under soil layer, geotextile marker, and coarse gravel. In 2010 it was reexcavated and is now displayed under the West Range Cover Building.

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Monument Types

  • VILLA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BATH HOUSE (Roman - 300 AD to 409 AD)

Description

Short passage way joining three rooms of the west wing of the Roman house. It has a simple geometric mosaic floor in situ. Following the Cotswold Archaeology mosaic survey of 2000 it was re-buried under soil layer, geotextile marker, and coarse gravel. [SNA62028] but in 2010 it was re excavated and is now displayed within the West Range Cover Building though it lies under a slatted wooden walkway and is difficult to see though the walkway is removable and from time to time the underlying mosaic is cleaned.

References

  • SNA62028 - National Trust Report: Atkins Heritage. 2007. Chedworth Roman Villa Conservation Management Plan Gazetteer.

  • SNA64461 - Photographs - set of: Papworth, Martin. 2010. Photographs of passageway joining rooms 5b, 6 & 7, Chedworth.

  • SNA65115 - Unpublished document: Martin Papworth. 2012. Chedworth Excavations in the West Range July-September 2010.

Designations

Other Statuses and References

  • HER/SMR Reference (External): 547

Associated Events

  • ENA100 - Archaeological Intervention, Room 6, Chedworth Roman Villa (Ref: INT 31)
  • ENA37 - Archaeological Intervention, Buried Mosaic Survey, Chedworth Roman Villa (Ref: INT 118)
  • ENA6023 - Archaeological Intervention, Excavation of mosaic in West Wing corridor / Portico, room 5b and and passageway joining rooms 5b, 6 and 7, July 2010

Associated Finds

None Recorded

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