This site, located in the parish of Bignor (West Sussex) on the dip slope south of the South Downs, represents a Roman building situated roughly 180m NW of Spring Copse. It lies within the broader hinterland of the well-known Bignor Roman villa, in a landscape densely occupied by rural settlements between the 1st and 4th centuries AD.
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Its significance lies in its position within the agricultural territory associated with the Bignor villa estate and the wider pattern of Romano-British rural exploitation along the foot of the Downs, an area characterised by integrated villa-and-farmstead landscapes serving the regional grain economy and the nearby Stane Street corridor.
Specific excavation results for this particular building are not well published; the site is recorded primarily through surface finds — likely including building material such as tile, flint and mortar — rather than systematic excavation, and its plan, date range, and function (whether ancillary farmstead, outlying estate building, or unrelated structure) remain undetermined on present evidence.
This site, located in the parish of Bignor (West Sussex) on the dip slope south of the South Downs, represents a Roman building situated roughly 180m NW of Spring Copse. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a site site from the Roman period in Britain.
Roman building 200yds (180m) NW of Spring Copse is classified as a Roman site — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Section of Roman road north of Rock (1 km), Chanctonbury Ring hillfort and Romano-Celtic temples (3.9 km), Lickfold (6.3 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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