Cosgrove Roman Villa
Cosgrove Roman Villa stood, outside what is now Cosgrove in Northamptonshire. The villa was discovered by archaeologists in 1957, after pieces of Roman pottery were ploughed up in a field. Investigation with a probe indicated masonry near the surface.
When the site was first excavated, a large complex as found, previously unknown. There had been though previous indication of a Roman presence in this site as coins of the 3rd and 4th centuries were found in this area when the Grand Union Canal was cut past Cosgrove.
Investigations have concluded that the Roman site contained a villa, bath house and temple complex, dated to the 1st to late 4th centuries, possibly lasting to the 5th century.[1] The bath house appears to be of the standard Roman form and the villa fairly typical. A nymphaeum was found on the other side of the Grand Union Canal: the canal possibly covers much of the Roman building.
The site is now a scheduled ancient monument,[2] The bath house has been preserved in a covered building.
Location
- Map: SP79394216 / SP79484211
- Location map: 52°4’18"N, -0°50’31"W
The site is found south of the village of Cosgrove in Northamptonshire, to the south-west of Cosgrove Hall, on the east side of the [Grand Union Canal]] main line and crossed by a disused arm of the canal, the Old Stratford Cut.
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References
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 343100 – Cosgrove Roman Villa
- ↑ National Heritage List 1003874: Roman villa SE of Cosgrove Hall
- ↑ The Villa and Temple at Cosgrove, Northamptonshire': Cosgrove Village