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1864- 1865 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA


Director of fieldwork J Farrer
Finds Holder Chedworth Roman Villa Museum

Publications :
Journal article Journal of the British Archaeological Association 24/1868/129-35

Journal article Journal of the British Archaeological Association 25/1869/215-27

Full report Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland 6/1864-6/278-83

1954 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA


Archive Holder Ashmolean Museum
Auspices Ashmolean Museum
Director of fieldwork E Rutter
Finds Holder Chedworth Roman Villa Museum
Funding Body/Financier National Trust

Publications :
Note The journal of Roman studies Society for Promotion of Roman Studies 55/1955/139

1958- 1965 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA

Richmond's death in 1965 prevented publication.
Archive Holder Ashmolean Museum
Archive Holder C Bishop
Auspices National Trust
Director of fieldwork I A Richmond
Finds Holder Chedworth Roman Villa Museum

Publications :
Note Glevensis : Gloucestershire and District Archaeological Research Group review 29/1996/38

Journal article Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) Gloucestershire Inventory 1/1976/24-8

1977 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA

No details available.
Archive Holder Ron Shoesmith
Auspices National Trust
Director of fieldwork Ron Shoesmith
Finds Holder Ron Shoesmith

Publications :
Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 96/1978/84

1978- 1986 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA

No excavation in 1982. Work is continuing. Some archive is at the Ashmolean
Museum, Oxford with the remainder to follow. All finds to go to Chedworth
Roman Villa Museum.
Archive Holder Ashmolean Museum
Archive Holder R Goodburn
Auspices National Trust
Director of fieldwork R Goodburn
Finds Holder Chedworth Roman Villa Museum
Finds Holder R Goodburn
Funding Body/Financier National Trust

Publications :
Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 15/1984/312

Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 16/1985/298

Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 18/1987/337-338

Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 19/1988/465

Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 20/1989/309-310

Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 22/1991/274

Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 23/1992/294

Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 25/1994/285

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 100/1982/260

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 102/1984/224

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 105/1987/243

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 106/1988/220

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 107/1989/254

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 109/1991/234

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 110/1992/215

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 112/1994/199

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 98/1980/180

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 99/1981/174

1994 Survey - geophysical CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA, YANWORTH

AML Survey Database Reference No.: 710
Survey type: Ground Penetrating Radar: recorded grid
Survey by GB Geotechnics for the National Trust, to provide a good
structural understanding of the engineering substrate of the triclinium
floor including the mortar, the bridging stones and the hypocaust. The
hypocaust was shown to consist of a series of substantial piers and
pillars, with heating channels of c. 300-700mm in width between them,
arranged in a random crisscross pattern across the entire floor area.
Archive Holder G B Geotechnics
Archive Holder National Trust Cirencester Office
Auspices G B Geotechnics
Customer National Trust Cirencester Office

Publications :
Full report Virtual Catalogue Entry to support E.I. Migration King M W & Ballard G S/1994/Non-Destructive Investigation of the Triclinium Floor and Hypocaust at Chedworth Roman Villa, Yanworth.

1995 Survey - geophysical CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA

Resistivity and magnetometer surveys of the Garden Court; the area north of
the North Wing; and the Outer Court, with the main purpose of investigating
those areas not thought to have been excavated. A circular feature in the
centre of Garden Court, thought to be a well, was shown to be a possible
fountain base. Possibly sheep pens were detected in the Outer Court, and
the route of the original trackway to the villa was recorded.
Archive Holder National Trust Cirencester Office
Auspices Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit
Funding Body/Financier National Trust

Publications :
Full report Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit [archaeological evaluation reports] Litherland S/1995/Chedworth Roman Villa: An Interim Report on Building Recording and Survey for The National Trust. BUFAU Report No 373.

Note The National Trust annual archaeological review 4/1995

1996- 1997 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA (ROOM 8)

Excavation in response to rabbit incursions into the hypocaust system; a
densely cobbled surface bordered by an opus signinum floor was revealed
and a hitherto unknown stokehole located in the south wall of the 'Turkish'
Bath House. This was found to contain a fine pewter cup of 4th century
date. Work, completed in 1997, also included excavation in the South Wing
and Portico.


Archive Holder Chedworth Roman Villa Museum
Auspices National Trust
Director of fieldwork Rob Cleary
Finds Holder British Museum
Funding Body/Financier National Trust

Publications :
Note Council for British Archaeology Group 13: Newsletter Spring 1998

Interim report Glevensis : Gloucestershire and District Archaeological Research Group review 31/1998

Note The National Trust annual archaeological review 6/1998

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 116/1998

1996- 1999 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA (SOUTH WING)

One of Goodburn's trenches was re-opened and extended in order to
investigate the function of the area. An extension to the south wing
comprising a high status residence with a hypocaust and possible tiled
portico has been revealed. There is also an indication of pre- and sub-
Roman activity.
Supplementary information from National Trust Site Activity Short Record.
Archive Holder Chedworth Roman Villa Museum
Auspices National Trust
Director of fieldwork Rob Cleary
Funding Body/Financier National Trust

Publications :
Note Council for British Archaeology Group 13: Newsletter Spring 1998

Interim report Glevensis : Gloucestershire and District Archaeological Research Group review 31/1998

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 116/1998

1997 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA (WESTERN PORTICO)

Excavation of a previously unrecorded mosaic situated at the northern end
of the West Range portico.
Supplementary information from National Trust Site Activity Short Record.
Archive Holder Chedworth Roman Villa Museum
Auspices National Trust
Director of fieldwork Rob Cleary
Funding Body/Financier English Heritage

Publications :
Interim report Glevensis : Gloucestershire and District Archaeological Research Group review 31/1998

Note Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 116/1998

1998 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA (NORTH WING)

Training dig to assess intrusion by burrowing animals into hypocaust system.
Information from National Trust Site Activity Short Record.
Archive Holder Chedworth Roman Villa Museum
Auspices National Trust
Director of fieldwork P Bethall
Director of fieldwork R Cleary

1998- 2000 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA (NORTH AND SOUTH WINGS)

Training excavation in corridor of S wing revealed a grain dryer with associated pottery suggesting use during the late C4th-
early C5th. In the N wing the area of the dining room was
investigated. A small trial trench was also dug to test a
geophysical undertaken on the terrace behind the N wing
(see UID 1309558). This suggested the possibility of the
existence of an additional N wing on the higher ground to the
rear of the presently known structure.
Auspices National Trust

Publications :
Note Archaeology South West [the journal of Council for British Archaeology - South West] 5/2000

Note The National Trust annual archaeological review 7/1999

Note The National Trust annual archaeological review 9/2000-2001

1999 Survey - geophysical CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA

Geophysical survey on terrace above and to rear of N wing
revealed evidence suggesting the possible presence of
another wing behind the presently known structure. This was
tested with by trial trenching (see UID 1309552).

Publications :
Note Archaeology South West [the journal of Council for British Archaeology - South West] 5/2000

Note The National Trust annual archaeological review 7/1999

2000 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA (BURIED MOSAIC SURVEY)

Investigation to assess survival and condition of mosaics throughout villa.
Archive to be deposited either at Chedworth Villa Museum or Corinium Museum.
Supplementary information from National Trust Site Activity Short Record.
Archive Holder Chedworth Roman Villa Museum
Archive Holder Corinium Museum Cirencester
Auspices Cotswold Archaeological Trust
Director of fieldwork Mark Brett
Director of fieldwork Neil Holbrook
Funding Body/Financier National Trust

Publications :
Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 33/2002

Full report Cotswold Archaeological Trust [archaeological evaluation reports] Brett M/2000/Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire: Archaeological Survey of Buried Mosaics. (Rep. 001195)

Note Cotswold Archaeological Trust annual review 11/2000

Reference The archaeologist Institute of Field Archaeologists 45/Summer 2002

Note The National Trust annual archaeological review 9/2000-2001

Note The Recorder [newsletter of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society] Worcestershire Archaeological Society 61/Spring 2000

2000- 2001 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA (GARDEN COURT)

Training excavation. Lack of mid C4th features suggested the central courtyard was grassed over during the high point of the villa's development. Investigation in the lower courtyard in 2001 revealed an infant burial below a layer of hillwash which was sealed by limestone gravel paving. Subject to C14 dating it was speculated that this might represent the first early or pre-Roman evidence so far identified on the site.
Supplementary information from National Trust Site Activity
Short Record.
Auspices Sheffield University
Director of fieldwork DOCTOR Maureen Carroll

Publications :
Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 32/2001

Note Britannia : a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 33/2002

Note The National Trust annual archaeological review 9/2000-2001

2000's Survey - geophysical CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA

Resistivity survey of an area near the villa's south wing.
Investigation undertaken prior to May 2002.
Auspices Gloucester and District Archaeology Research Group

Publications :
Reference Archaeology South West [the journal of Council for British Archaeology - South West] 9/Summer 2002

2001 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA

Excavation undertaken by volunteers at day-school revealed an infant burial probably dating from the Iron Age.
NGR used approximate. Derived from monument UID 327592.

Publications :
Reference Council for British Archaeology Group 11: Southeast Newsletter 20/Autumn 2001

Press Cutting The Daily Telegraph 31 August 2001

Air Photograph Interpretation English Heritage: Gloucestershire NMP (Cotswolds and Forest of Dean)

The Gloucestershire National Mapping Programme (NMP) survey covered the Forest of Dean and a small contextual zone, sample areas across the Cotswolds plus a complete survey of the northern parts of the Cotswolds. The project areas comprised 28 complete OS 1:10,000 scale quarter sheets (equivalent to 775 square kilometres) on the north Cotswolds, with 3 quarter sheets as pilots for the southern Cotswolds, plus 25 quarter sheets (equivalent to 531 square kilometres), up to the Welsh border on the western edge, of the Forest of Dean. The project also included small parts of Worcestershire and Warwickshire. An additional area was added (see Event description UID: 1437295) to provide contextual data for excavations along the Carrant Valley.

The aim of the project is to interpret and transcribe, at a scale of 1:10000, all archaeological features visible on aerial photographs, dating from prehistory to the twentieth century, including industrial and military sites. The main air photo sources consulted are held at the NMRC Swindon and the Cambridge University Committee for Aerial Photography (CUCAP), although cover held by the County Council will also be consulted. The archaeological mapping, using computerised plotting (AERIAL 5.18 and 5.24 and AutoCAD Map5), produces digital files and overlays to the 1:10,000 OS map base. Accompanying monument records are input to English Heritage's National Monuments Record database, AMIE. Copies of the finished plots will be available in both hard copy and digital form on the completion of the project. All data and documentation relating to the project will be archived at the National Monuments Record.

The NMP project began in May 2002, the Forest of Dean NMP survey is complete and the northern Cotswolds are scheduled to complete in Summer 2006.

As anticipated, the survey has added significantly to the number of sites in the Forest of Dean, and has led to the discovery of numerous previously unidentified monuments. This is an area where a vast amount of work by numerous individuals has built up a comprehensive record of industrial sites, and it was no surprise that the majority of features recorded by the NMP survey were associated with the Forest's industries. By combining the aerial photographic evidence with the information available within existing documentary records, especially those held by Gloucestershire SMR, and the valuable knowledge of local interest groups, the NMP survey has provided a unique overview of the surviving remains, particularly those associated with post medieval industry.

A report on the Forest of Dean NMP survey was issued in Spring 2006 (English Heritage Research Department Report Series 28/2006).

For further details on the project please contact Helen Winton at Aerial Survey, English Heritage, Swindon.

2005 Excavation CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA (NORTH WING)

Excavation within the North Wing revealed structures believed to be connected with water-management. Information from CBA Britarch website.
Archive Holder National Trust
Auspices National Trust
Finds Holder National Trust