Spoonley Wood Roman Villa

Spoonley Wood Roman Villa is an ancient Roman villa located 2 km south-east of Sudeley Castle near the town of Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire, England [1]. It was a courtyard-type villa excavated in 1882 [1]. The villa lies between two streams on a north-west facing slope [1]. It measured 55 by 61 metres (180 ft × 200 ft) and was a courtyard villa [1]. The building began as a corridor villa, and was later converted by the addition of two wings extending to the north-west which were built at each end [1]. This winged villa was later turned into a courtyard villa by the addition of an enclosing wall to the north-west which connected the two wings [1]. The site was subsequently excavated by the antiquarians John Henry Middleton and William Bazeley [1]. Finds from the excavations included a silver-plated bronze bowl, a large number of 3rd- and 4th-century coins, samian ware pottery, iron knives and tools [1].