Evolution of a Romano-British Courtyard Villa: Excavations at the former Dings Crusaders Rugby Ground, Stoke Gifford 2016–2018 (Cotswold Archaeology Monograph, #15)

by Tom Brindle, Mark Brett, and Jonathan Hart

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Excavations between 2016–2018 revealed a series of structures that were re-organised and rebuilt over time, which culminated in a stone-built winged corridor villa in the mid to late 4th century AD. Wings were added to the buildings and a portico at the front opened out onto a courtyard. The outer courtyard was flanked by ancillary buildings, one of which contained a hypocaust and another a small bath suite. Finds included a rare copper alloy figurative lamp with probable foreign origins, a lion mask and a range of pottery, glass worked stone and bone. Environmental remains indicate a mixed arable and pastoral agricultural economy that supported its inhabitants and may have produced a surplus. Wood for fuel and other purposes was obtained from surrounding hedges and copses.
  • ISBN10 1999822218
  • ISBN13 9781999822217
  • Publish Date 4 September 2023
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Cotswold Archaeology
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Language English