Excavations at Kingscote and Wycomb, Gloucestershire

This volume reports the results of two important Roman excavations at Kingscote (1973–80) and Wycomb (1973–77), Gloucestershire.

The presence of Roman occupation at Kingscote, Gloucestershire, has been known for nearly three centuries, although the exact nature of the settlement has been elusive. As a result it has been variously classified by scholars as a villa, a villa estate, an imperial estate, and a Roman small town. Excavations carried out between 1973 and 1980 by the Kingscote Archaeological Association, under the direction of E J Swain, have provided some evidence with which to explore the question of Kingscote. The work, covering consecutively two separate sites (Sites 1 and 2), revealed a number of small stone quarries dating to the later 1st to 2nd centuries AD, and buildings with mosaic floors dating to the early 4th century AD. The results of unpublished excavations at Syreford Mill, Wycomb by the late Wilf Cox are also included.