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Excavations at Chester. Roman land division and a probable villa in the hinterland of Deva reports on excavations carried out by Northern Archaeological Associates (NAA) at Saighton Camp - a former British Army training camp - located to the south of the Roman legionary fortress of Chester (Deva Victrix) which revealed important and extensive Roman period remains. Part of a high-status settlement of second- to fourth-century date, together with a regular field system laid out over more than 20 hectares, were encountered.
The excavated settlement appears to be an ancillary area to a much larger site, the centre of which lies to the south and is believed to be a villa. This is the closest such site to Chester, and villas are notably rare in the region. The field system was probably laid out by the legion at Deva as part of the prata legionis, agricultural lands they controlled around the fortress.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ;
Summary ;
Archaeological background: Roman Chester, Cheshire and beyond - P.N. Wood ;
Chapter 2: Results of the Excavations ;
Introduction ;
Field system - P.N. Wood and C. Pole ;
Excavated settlement - P.N. Wood ;
Chapter 3: Finds and Environmental Remains ;
Building materials - C. Antink and D.G. Griffiths ;
Hand-made pottery - C.G. Cumberpatch ;
The Romano-British pottery - D.G. Griffiths, with contributions by L. Dodd ;
The small finds ;
Metalworking debris - L.F. Gardiner ;
Glass bead - E.M. Foulds ;
Antler knife handle - E.M. Foulds ;
Roman coin - R.J. Brickstock ;
Querns - R.J. Cruse (lithology by T Morse) ;
Animal bone - A. Trentacoste, A. Zochowski and E. Wright ;
Palaeobotanical and charcoal assessment - L.F. Gardiner ;
Chapter 4: Discussion - P.N. Wood ;
The excavated evidence ;
Chronology ;
Site functions, economy and place in the fortress' hinterland ;
Roman field system and landscape continuity ;
Excavated structures ;
Religious observance on the settlement ;
Conclusions ;
Bibliography
