Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1976.
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'Long Newnton', in Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, (London, 1976) pp. 78. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/ancient-glos/p78c [accessed 18 April 2024]
LONG NEWNTON
(9 miles S.W. of Cirencester)
The Foss Way passes through the E. part of the parish. A section dug along the middle of the agger for a waterworks trench in 1961 revealed a layer of stones 3 ins. to 4 ins. thick, covered by 1 in. of small stone chips. The agger showed no signs of heavy wear or of repairs. (fn. 1)
(1) Romano-British Settlement (ST 91639156), on Newnton Farm, lies in the plain, about 300 ft. above sea-level, ½ mile S.E. of the village. The site is 300 yds. W. of the Foss Way and 70 yds. W. of a brook. Occupation debris is spread over an area of about 1 acre in an arable field.
Finds (in a private collection) include two coins of the 3rd and 5th centuries, a 1st-century plate-brooch, pottery of 1st to 4th-century types, roof and flue tiles. Post-holes and a drain were revealed in a small excavation.
TBGAS, 87 (1968), 204, No. 10.