OSMap: LR155
Type: Minor Settlement
W (9) to Wixoe (Suffolk)
ENE (17) to COMBRETOVIVM (Baylham House, Suffolk)
Probable road: SE (16) to CAMVLODVNVM (Colchester, Essex)
SSW (15) to Braintree (Essex)
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NGRef: TL8645 OSMap: LR155 Type: Minor Settlement |
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NNE (17) to SITOMAGVS? (Ixworth, Suffolk) W (9) to Wixoe (Suffolk) ENE (17) to COMBRETOVIVM (Baylham House, Suffolk) Probable road: SE (16) to CAMVLODVNVM (Colchester, Essex) SSW (15) to Braintree (Essex) | |
The settlement lies to the immediate south of where the Chelmsford to Ixworth road crossed a tributary of the River Stour, in the angle formed by the confluence of the latter with the former.
Although iron-age pottery has been found at the site, the existence of a pre-Roman settlement is doubtful. The earliest date indicated by Samian and coarse-ware pottery fragments is Neronian.
Much of the pottery from the site is of the first and second centuries, with comparatively little later material, indicating perhaps a decline of the settlement after the second century.
Remains of a tessallated pavement found during pipe-trenching, may indicate the existence of a bath-house. Several cremations and inhumation burials have been found throughout the site.
