Roman Villa of Alto da Cidreira

The Roman villa of Alto da Cidreira is a Roman villa in the civil parish of Alcabideche, municipality of Cascais, in the Lisbon District of Portugal [1]. Although known since the 1890s, this site has largely been neglected by archaeologists, resulting in destruction of artefacts, including Roman era mosaics, a bath complex and an olive oil cellar [1]. The site was identified by Francisco de Paula Oliveira of the Portuguese geological services, who first referred to the Roman villa in 1899 [1]. The site is in an urban area, on an elevated hilltop alongside a survey marker, João Cidreira [1]. The domus consisted of a two-storey building, with a few spaces paved in polychromatic mosaics [1]. The site included a thermal bath, with associated conduits for water and heating, which were destroyed by both natural and human action [1].