Monument record 435/0/3 - Roman buildings and enclosures, Wilderspool, Loushers Lane

<1> Grealey S, 1976, The Archaeology of Warrington's Past, /27-36 (Book). SCH3046.

Small scale excn by Warrington & District Arch. Soc in 1973, prior to housing development, produced evidence of building with sandstone foundations & wattle & daub superstructure. Further investigated by Univ.of Manchester in 1974 under C.Spencer. Evidence of a succession of timber structures with associated ditches & a W-E trackway. Plan & description p.34-5

<2> Hinchliffe J & Williams J, 1992, Excavations at Wilderspool (Monograph). SCH1204.

Further work June-Sept 1976 by CEU under Hinchliffe. Site consisted of a series of ditched enclosures with associated timber buildings arranged on either side of a W-E trackway. 4 phases of occupn in 2nd & 3rd centuries AD. Ditched trackway defined in Phase 2 & blocked by structure based on 4 stone footings. Variety of structures suggest a range of small scale operations of both a domestic & industrial nature. Finds in 1976-potsherds, glass, brooches, leadweights, iron objects, spindle whorls, column bases & capitals, millstones, quern frags, flint flakes, tile, 4 mould frags, crucible & an inscribed pebble

<3> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, 2/33-34 Pierce T J 1974 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

<4> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, 3/58 Spencer C 1975 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

<5> Council for British Archaeology, Various, CBA Group 5 Archaeological Newsletter, 31/13 Newton C A 1978 (Newsletter). SCH547.

<6> Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1970-Present, Britannia, 8/385 Wilson D R 1977 (Journal/Periodical). SCH445.

During 1976 excavations a fragment of red triassic, prob Keuper sandstone 0.19 x 0.14 x 0.08m was found with late 2nd century material in the filling of a ditch. The stone bears a possible mason's mark 'VV'. Also a flat oval pebbleof fine grained sandstone 100mm x 60mm x 30mm thick. Found in the fill of a clay lined pit of late 2nd or early 3rd century date. On the inscribed face, 2 shallow holes have been drilled. Pebble not a weight, possibly a rubbing stone. A graffito between parallel lines reads 'VVVV'

<7> Cheshire County Council, 1974, County Treasures Record, 1/AR.128 (Index). SCH1000.

A tile kiln found during excavation at Loushers Lane. Possibly part of Roman settlement at Wilderspool

<8> DOE, 1974, Archaeological Excavations 1973, /50-51 (Book). SCH334.

<9> Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1970-Present, Britannia, 6/240 Wilson D R 1975 (Journal/Periodical). SCH445.