Lullingstone Roman Villa

Lullingstone Roman Villa is a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain, situated in Lullingstone near the village of Eynsford in Kent [1]. The villa is located in the Darent Valley, along with six others, including those at Crofton, Crayford and Dartford [1]. The earliest part of the villa was built around AD 82 [1]. In the 4th century, the dining room was equipped with a fine mosaic floor with one illustration of Zeus or Jupiter, disguised as a bull, abducting Europa and a second depicting Bellerophon killing the Chimera [1]. In the mid-20th century (1949–1961) the site was finally excavated by multiple teams of archaeologists [1]. A Romano-Celtic temple-mausoleum complex was constructed around 300 AD to hold the bodies of two young people, those of a male and a female, in lead coffins [1].