Carsington Roman Villa

The Carsington Roman Villa is a Roman villa at Scow Brook, Carsington near Wirksworth, Derbyshire [1]. The site of the villa is currently submerged under the Carsington Water reservoir [1]. The villa contains a main house, a bathhouse, a courtyard, and a number of outbuildings [1]. The main house is 28 meters long by 9 meters wide, forming an area of 252 square meters (around three times the size of a modern house) [1]. The bathhouse, attached to the south-east corner of the main house, is 13.5 meters long and 4 meters wide [1]. The villa was built on a platform raised above the surrounding fields, presumably to keep it dry [1]. The villa was constructed from sandstone and gritstone [1]. From the dating evidence, including Derbyshire ware pottery and Samian ware, found during the excavation, it is assumed that the villa existed between 300AD and 400AD [1].