Lid of Roman stone coffin, or sarcophagus, found near site of Roman building. Now on display in Abingdon Museum. (c) AAAHS
Tithe Farm
Small excavations in 1968 and 1970, when the houses on Masefield Crescent were being built, found traces of Roman buildings.
Much pottery, coins, roof tiles, pieces of painted wall-plaster and part of a stone column were found. The site may have been a Roman villa.
Lid of Roman stone coffin, or sarcophagus, found near site of Roman building. Now on display in Abingdon Museum. (c) AAAHS
Pieces of decorated Roman tableware (‘Samian Ware’) found in excavations at Tithe Farm. (c) S Blackmore
Newspaper cutting about excavations at Tithe Farm. North Berks Herald, 10 October 1968
Photograph of foundations of Roman building found at Tithe Farm in 1968. The building had a pillar made of large tiles set against one wall (centre of photo). (c) AAAHS
Pieces of Roman roof tiles from Tithe Farm excavations. Semi-circular tiles were placed over the ridges on the edges of rectangular tiles (seen in the photo) to make a rain-proof roof. (c) S Blackmore
Trench excavated at Tithe Farm Roman building by the Abingdon and District Archaeological Society (now Abingdon Area Archaeology & History Society) in 1968. (c) AAAHS
Members of the Abingdon and District Archaeological Society (now Abingdon Area Archaeology & History Society) at the Tithe Farm excavation in 1968. (c) AAAHS
