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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'Quenington', in Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, (London, 1976) pp. 95-97. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/ancient-glos/pp95-97 [accessed 20 April 2024]
QUENINGTON
(7 miles E. of Cirencester)
(1) Probable Settlement and Linear Ditches (SP 121046), undated, exist as crop-marks over an area of at least 6 acres, extending N.-S., 600 ft. S. of the Roman road (2). Plan, p. 96.
N.M.R., OAP SP 1204/1/397–401.
(2) Roman Road, Akeman Street (SP 12400504, SP 13010520). The agger survives in pasture as an earthwork 1 ft. high and 24 ft. across, much disturbed by quarrying; it also forms the S. boundary of a copse. Plan, p. 96.
Excavations in 1952 at x (SP 13670538), across the line of the road where it sloped down to the R. Coln, revealed an agger of rammed gravel 31 ft. wide with a central channel. Kerbstones existed on the S. side, but on the N. the edge was obscured by Roman walling.
R.A.F., VAP 106G/UK/1721: 5271–3.
TBGAS, 76 (1957), 35–43.
Monuments in Quenington and Coln St. Aldwyns.
Quenington. (1) Probable Settlement.
Quenington. (2) Roman Road. (3) Probable Settlement. (4) Wide Track.
(3) Probable Settlement (SP 135054), Romano-British, Coin Slade (fn. 1) (TBGAS, 76 (1957), 35–43), lies on both sides of Akeman Street as it descends to the R. Coln and is marked on the ground by a scatter of worked limestone blocks from buildings, and by samian ware and 3rd and 4th-century coarse pottery. A limited excavation in 1951–2 in the area around SP 13670538 (x) yielded a quantity of coarse pottery, largely of the 4th century and including a few stamped sherds; also 28 coins ranging from Gallienus to Valens and the gold bezel of a ring inscribed CONCORDIA. Roman coins in Corinium Museum from this site are not distinguished from others recovered at Coln St. Aldwyns.
A remarkable collection of almost complete samian vessels, at least ten of them with potters' stamps, was found near the settlement in 1958; this pottery is in Corinium Museum.
(4) Wide Track (SP 135050), shows as a crop-mark about 300 yds. S. of Akeman Street.
N.M.R., OAP SP 1304/1/176–7.
Quenington. (5) Enclosures and Linear Ditches.
(5) Enclosures and Linear Ditches (SP 140039), undated, show as crop-marks covering at least 20 acres, E. of Crossroads Barn.
N.M.R., OAP SP 1303/1/181–2.