This Welsh villa saw occupation from the mid-2nd century right through to the late 4th century AD, with late 4th-century coins recovered. Its classic winged corridor plan features a long building with rectangular rooms, a front corridor (probably porticoed), and projecting wings. A separate range toward Trench 1 may be a bath house, with richer preservation including intact flooring. 🔥
Villa dated to mid-2nd to late-4th century AD with winged corridor plan
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Key facts
- Pottery evidence suggests occupation from the mid to late 2nd century through the late 4th century AD
- Late 4th century coins have been recovered
- Construction date has not yet been determined
- The villa follows a classic winged corridor layout: a long thin building divided into rectangular rooms with a long front corridor (likely with a portico) and wings projecting at each end
- An additional range of buildings extends toward Trench 1, possibly a bath house, with better preservation including intact flooring and substantial walling
- Household likely consisted of extended family with enslaved people; farm workers may have lived in outbuildings
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A “courtyard villa” extends the wings to create a u-shaped plan in which the house and its wings frame a square or rectangular space. A “ ...
Historic England Research Recordsheritagegateway.org.uk
The original building and the later plans cannot be compared to the typical evolutionary sequence of development of a Romano-British winged corridor villa.
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They typically had a largely symmetrical layout, with a wing at each end of the corridor. The wings might contain living quarters, bathhouses, ...
A Roman winged corridor villa... - Data Cataloguearchaeologydataservice.ac.uk
The Roman complex includes the principal residential building, two bath blocks, domestic buildings, outhouses, wells and stock enclosures. Roman ...
Evidence for the Roman Villapeterborougharchaeology.org
The villa had both northern and southern wings, although the western wing would have been the most impressive.. Trench 1 of the Community ...
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