salvage operations which took place during road construction, to provide asdetailed a picture as possible of this complex, multi-period site.Report by J. Barnbrook, Site SupervisorBRADWELL ROMAN VILLAFurther work on this site (reported in CBA IX Newsletter 7, 1977 PP. 79-85) took place in May, with the objects of investigating the possible Saxongrubenhaus and Outbuilding 2 and preparing the site <strong>for</strong> public exhibition onthe last weekend of the month.The "griibenhaus" proved to have been the butt of a Roman ditch, partlystone-filled. The external walls of Outbuilding 2 (18.5m. x 8.5m.) wereconfirmed to have been as they appeared on the previously published plan(Newsletter 7, p.80), though appearing only as robber trenches <strong>for</strong> much oftheir lengths. Buttresses had been built at intervals along the outside ofthe long S wall, which also had a porch situated midway along it. Withinthis was a narrow area of limestone paving which gave way to pitched foundationsat the E end. The remainder of the interior was bisected longitudinallyby a narrow drain. The building, a barn, was probably used <strong>for</strong> housinganimals.Work preparatory to opening the site to the public provided a littlemore in<strong>for</strong>mation about the main building. A portion of the W wall of Room 1was discovered, of sufficient dimensions to suggest that it was external. Afurther portion of the corrider was uncovered at its S end, the additionaldesign and easterly projecting wall of which suggested a central vestibule.The stoke hole (Room 3) probably serviced a small bath suite adjoining themain building on its N side and continuing as far as the W side of thecorridor. The presence or otherwise of a hypocaust has not yet been confirmed.The success of the open weekend, when between three and four thousandlocal people visited the site, and its importance locally as a cultural amenityin the New City, have prompted the Development Corporation to provide sufficientfunds <strong>for</strong> further excavation commencing next February.Report by J. Barnbrook, Site Supervisor.WOOD CORNER, BRADWELL, ROMAN OCCUPATION SITEThe site, situated at National Grid Reference SP 84503974, to the SW ofStanton Wood, was first noticed in 1961 when D.C. Mynard found a scatter ofRoman material after ploughing.In 1975 the site was accurately located by trial trenches, but since, atthat time the site was not threatened, no further work was done.In October 1976, after receiving in<strong>for</strong>mation that the destruction of thesite by the construction of a new road (Dansteed Way (H4)) was imminent, asmall resuce excavation was started, but in the face of worsening weatherconditions work had to be postponed until the following spring when the sitewas excavated during the period February to May 1977. In all, an area of some2,300 sq.m. was stripped of topsoil, but throughout the excavation poorweather conditions and bad flooding proved a constant hindrance. Consequentlyonly the central area (some 1,500 sq.m.: the most important part of thesite) was investigated in any detail. The most modern features (see planFig. 11) were two patterns of field drains, probably dating to the latter halfof the nineteenth or early twentieth century. Many of which were laid withinthe remains of the furrows of a medieval ridge-and-furrow system. Thesedrains and furrows and the ravages of modern ploughing had caused considerabledamage to the Roman levels.
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