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A Late Roman ‘Hall’ at Batten Hanger, West Sussex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2016

James Kenny ,
Malcolm Lyne ,
John Magilton  and
Paul Buckland
James Kenny
Affiliation:
Chichester District Counciljkenny@chichester.gov.uk
Malcolm Lyne
Affiliation:
Littlehamptonmail@malcolmlyne.plus.com
Paul Buckland
Affiliation:
SheffieldPaul.buckland@bugscep.com
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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.

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Batten HangerRoman Britainvillahallcruckfifth century
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Britannia , Volume 47 , November 2016 , pp. 193 - 207
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2016. Published by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 

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