Monument record MDO3925 - Romano British building at Great Bournes, Hanford

A Romano British building, possibly a villa, discovered in 1860. The building had several rooms and finds from the site included stone roof tiles. The remains of a furnace with iron bars joined together like a grating was also found.

(ST 86051018) Roman Villa (R) (Site of) (NAT)
(Name at ST 860102) Great Bournes (NAT)
(Human Remains, Coins, pottery and c found AD 1860) (NAT) <1>

Site of Romano-British Building (86051018), with occupation debris and inhumation burials, known locally as 'Great Bournes', was discovered in 1860 on the S.E. slopes of Hod Hill. The building had internal divisions indicating several rooms; stone roofing tiles were found and also the remains of a furnace with iron bars joined together like a grating, and a metallic mass of slag. Finds included shale bracelets and spindle whorls and 'amulets in coarse pottery', presumably loom weights. Higher up the hill were eight inhumations and Constantinian coins.' <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25 inch scale map, 1901 (Map). SDO18020.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 104 (Monograph). SDO146.

'(5) SITE OF ROMANO-BRITISH BUILDING (86051018), with occupation debris and inhumation burials, known locally as 'Great Bournes', was discovered in 1860 on the S.E. slopes of Hod Hill. The building had internal divisions indicating several rooms; stone roofing tiles were found and also the remains of a furnace with iron bars joined together like a grating, and a metallic mass of slag. Finds included shale bracelets and spindle whorls and 'amulets in coarse pottery', presumably loom weights. Higher up the hill were eight inhumations and Constantinian coins (Hutchins I, 309)'.

<2.1> Hutchins, J, 1861, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 3rd edition, 309 (Monograph). SDO12569.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206121 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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