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LOT 0739
Large Roman 'Wingham Villa' Terracotta Hypocaust Brick
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 3/4 x 8 in. (2.79 kg, 19.5 x 20.2 cm).
A massive parallelepiped block, square in section, grey-brown in colour. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Wingham, Kent, UK.
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Jenkins, F., ‘Roman Villa, Wingham’ in Arch Cant 1984, pp.87-100, for the report of excavations; for similar bricks found in the excavations of a Roman Villa in Cobham Park see Archeologia Cantiana, 1960, p.178, Pl.I.
FootnotesIn Kent, nearby Dover, there is the site of a Roman villa located in a field named The Vineyards. The site was excavated in 1881-82 during which time a hypocaust, tessellated pavement, bath house and a quern were found. The hypocaust was dated to two periods and a quern was found on a tessellated pavement.
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