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Excavations at Fishbourne, 1964: Fourth Interim Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2011

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During the fourth season of excavation at Fishbourne work was spread over an area of about ten acres, most of it being concentrated on three main sites: the west wing of the main building, the eastern half of the north wing, and the southern half of the east wing. In addition, exploratory trenches were dug through the area to the north of the north wing and several trial excavations were made in gardens to the south of the modern main road. Previously, in December 1963 and January 1964, limited excavations had been undertaken in the garden of no. 65 Fishbourne Road, in the area of the greenhouses to the west of the main site, and in other gardens further west.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1965

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page 1 note 1 I would like to thank Sir Ian Richmond and Professor S. S. Frere for reading this report in typescript.

page 1 note 2 Antiq. Journ. xlii, 15–23; xliii, 1–14; xliv, 1–8.

page 2 note 1 Antiq. Journ., xliv, 2.

page 3 note 1 A building of very similar type was found at the Augustan supply base at Rödgen, near Bad Nauheim (Hans Schönberger, Saalburg-Jahrbuch, xxi, 1963–4, Abb. 3). It is interesting to note that the other type of store-building represented here closely resembled the granary discovered at Fishbourne in 1962.

page 3 note 2 Antiq. Journ. xliii, 3, and fig. 2.

page 4 note 1 A similar relationship between the stream and the First Period timber buildings was also noted in the area excavated in 1962. Antiq. Journ. xliii, 5.

page 4 note 2 Ibid, xliv, 5.

page 6 note 1 Antiq. Journ. xlii, 20.

page 9 note 1 Antiq. Journ. xliii, 7.

page 9 note 2 The Fishbourne baths are bigger than the first phase of the public baths at Silchester.

page 11 note 1 Lady Hanworth very kindly allowed the writer to examine the fragments from Rapsley. We were made aware of each other's discoveries by Professor S. S. Frere.