The section (of topsoil stripping) crossing Sharpe's Close revealed only a line of stone slabs. Where these had been disturbed by the passage of the contractor's vehicles, two lines of vertically set stones c.0.15m apart were observed beneath. A box section was put across this part and the vertical stones were seen to form the sides of a conduit c.0.15m deep on a natural clay base. The channel was cleaned out for a further 1.5m S and yielded two small fragments of pottery of uncertain, but early, date. Levels taken on the capping stones and the base indicated a N-S incline running in the direction of the Roman villa on Hall Close. (1)
See M1466 for villa, L11370 for Med pottery from this area.

<1> TPAT, 1991, Car Colston to Scarrington Pumping Main Renewal, p 11 (Unpublished document). SNT2078.

Other Refs: fig 9