1. Southwell Roman Villa

2. Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson St Mary’s Minster Bishop’s Manor Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend The Old Rectory Potwell Dyke North Muskham Prebend Platt’s Orchard Proposed Development Site Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson St Mary’s Minster Bishop’s Manor Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend The Old Rectory Potwell Dyke Normanton Prebend Platt’s Orchard Proposed Development Site Daniels 1959 South Wing East Wing Possible building remains found by contractors 1959 Caution: The position identified on the above map for Daniel’s southern wing of the villa is the accepted position of where his 6 roomed building was. The problem is that this is not in the site where the school was eventually built so where was it?

3. Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson St Mary’s Minster Bishop’s Manor Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend The Old Rectory Potwell Dyke Normanton Prebend Platt’s Orchard Proposed Development Site Elliott 2004 North Wing

4. Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson St Mary’s Minster Bishop’s Manor Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend The Old Rectory Potwell Dyke Normanton Prebend Platt’s Orchard Proposed Development Site 3 course Roman wall Plate 4: Northwest end of Trench 17, were it joins Trench 1. Wall (105) can be seen continuing into Trench 17 as (1714). The construction cut [1718] and its rubble fill (1719) can be seen in the north-facing section, cutting through the large in filled feature [1713].Rowe 2010 Plate 8: Looking south over the western end of Trench 2. Inhumation A [204] can be seen cutting through ditch [206]. Radiocarbon dating carried out on the femur of this individual provided a date between 660AD and 870 AD Rowe 2010. Southwell Advertiser 2008 Rowe 2010

5. Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson St Mary’s Minster Bishop’s Manor Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend The Old Rectory Potwell Dyke Normanton Prebend Platt’s Orchard Proposed Development Site Savage & Sleap 2012 Extensive cemetery of Anglo-Saxon origin Foundations of long rectangular building left in situ Possible quarry with remains of mirrored Roman feature to the north Remains of post holes for a long rectangular building of medieval origin Small square building of Roman origin Evidence of numerous early to late Roman workings Plate 7: Floor surface 812 exposed in Roman building 693, looking E. Savage & Sleap 2012 Plate 5 The Roman building on the South west of the site Savage & Sleap 2012 Plate 8: Intercutting graves 111 and 109, looking S. The older grave, 109, containing skeleton 24, is closer to the camera. Savage & Sleap 2012

6. Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson St Mary’s Minster Bishop’s Manor Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend The Old Rectory Potwell Dyke Normanton Prebend Platt’s Orchard Proposed Development Site Skerry stone building blocks in base of boundary wall, north side of South Muskham Prebend Further Anglo-Saxon burials reported in Newark Advertiser If Daniels was doing an archaeological investigation prior to the building of the new Grammar School (1959) what was he doing digging here?

7. Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson St Mary’s Minster Bishop’s Manor Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend The Old Rectory Potwell Dyke North Muskham Prebend Platt’s Orchard Proposed Development Site Southwell Roman Villa by dave johnson St Mary’s Minster Bishop’s Manor Vicar’s Court South Muskham Prebend The Old Rectory Potwell Dyke North Muskham Prebend Platt’s Orchard Proposed Development Site Daniels 1959 Elliott 2004 Rowe 2010 Savage & Sleap 2012 South Wing East Wing Possible building remains found by contractors 1959 North Wing 3 course Roman wall Anglo-Saxon cemetery Early to late Roman features Late-Roman foundations left in situ Quarry and features of Roman origin Remains of post holes of medieval origin Small square building of Roman origin Stone building blocks Anglo-Saxon burials

8. References British Archaeology Issue 119, July / August 2011 Daniels, C.M. 1966 “Excavation on the site of the Roman villa at Southwell, 1959” Transactions of the Thoroton Society, Nottinghamshire, 70, 13-54 Elliott, L. 2004 “Roman and Medieval remains at Church Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire” Transactions of the Thoroton Society, Nottinghamshire, 108, 87-99 Newark Advertiser, Thurs April 26 th 2012 Rowe M. 2010 “Archaeological Evaluation” for Pre-Construct Archaeological Services for JWA Architect and Caunton properties & British Archaeology Issue 119, July / August 2011 Savage R D & Sleap J Dec 2012. Archaeological Excavation Interim Report on the Proposed Residential Development, Church Street, Southwell, Nottingham. Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd Symposium Report - Southwell & District Local History Society Symposium Report - Southwell & District Local History Society www.southwellhistorysociety.co.uk/page13.html www.southwellhistorysociety.co.uk/page13.html