Thornton Rectangular Cropmark Enclosures, Possible Villa

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NPRN424551
Map ReferenceSM90NW
Grid ReferenceSM9033008600
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityTiers Cross
Type Of SiteRECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE
PeriodMedieval, Roman, Iron Age
Description
Royal Commission aerial reconnaissance during the 2018 drought, on 13th July 2018, revealed discrete cropmarks of a rectangular enclosure complex underlying the minor road in the valley south of Primrose Cottage. There is a main sharp-angled rectangular univallate enclosure to the west of the road, with two smaller sharp-angled enclosures cut by the road. The enclosures have the appearance of a Roman villa enclosure but could be of another date.

T. Driver, RCAHMW, Oct 2019.