A Late Roman 'Hall' at Batten Hanger, West Sussex. (29th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kenny, James; Lyne, Malcolm; Magilton, John; Buckland, Paul
• Is Part Of: Britannia. Volume 47(2016)
• Page Start: 193
• Page End: 207
• Publication Date: 2016-01-29
• Subjects: Batten Hanger, -- Roman Britain, -- villa, -- hall, -- cruck, -- fifth century; Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Antiquities, Roman -- Periodicals; Romans -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 936.10305
• DOI: 10.1017/S0068113X16000015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0068-113X

Abstract

Abstract: Excavation of the latest surviving structures of the villa at Batten Hanger in West Sussex indicates that a large aisled building was demolished in the late fourth or fifth century and replaced by a large hall 31.6 m long by 11.5 m wide, orientated approximately east–west. The survival of pad stones shows this space to have been divided into seven bays, with the more westerly bays screened off by a cross wall. The east wall of the building had collapsed outwards and was largely complete. A coin of Valentinian III suggests that occupation continued at least to the middle of the fifth century. The Supplementary Material available online (http://journals.cambridge.org/bri ) contains a detailed presentation of the coin hoard and the pottery assemblages.