Dalton Parlours Roman Villa

Dalton Parlours Roman villa is a Roman villa and scheduled monument near Collingham, West Yorkshire [1]. The site was discovered in 1854 on land owned by the Lady Elizabeth Hastings Charities and excavated by F Carroll in 1855 [1]. These initial excavations located two buildings with hypocausts and the Medusa mosaic [1]. A rescue excavation in 1977 excavated 3.5 acres of the site [1]. The modern excavations discovered an Iron Age site beneath the Roman villa [1]. The villa was constructed in the 3rd-century AD, though some evidence suggests 2nd-century activity at the site as well [1]. Coins on the site date from AD 270–355 [1].