Excav of Roman Settlement at Chesterton Camp, 1921-

1 1921-2: An effort was made to discover the cause of the strips of dry and burnt-up grass, which had appeared in the summer. The work continued into 1923. A trench 7.6m by 0.9m was cut at a point about 46m from the S angle. At 1.8m stones were found, possibly the filling of a ditch (?road surface) which caused the parch mark. 46m from the road and about one third of the way from the NE side a trench 7.3m long located a possible road. The trench was extended at a right angle for 8.2m. A third trench 15m long was cut at the SE near the E angle where the ditch is deepest. In all cases the same conditions were met except at the edge where finds were very few. A few inches below the turf a stratum of stones and rubbish about 15cm thick was found. Below this was a layer of irregular flat stones. Below this ‘was nothing which could be called stratified’, but at 1.1m the rubbish contained stones and large pieces of pot. At a depth of 1.5m, 10m from the SE side, part of a pavement was found. It consisted of tesserae of broken brick. Above this were fragments of painted wall-plaster. Finds included brick, flue-tiles, roofing tiles, Leicestershire slate, window glass, nails, pottery, a piece of inscribed lead, spoon bowls, an earpick, a knife and seventeen coins.
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