A Romano-British villa and a possible Iron Age farmstead at Franks

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History & significance

Franks is a Romano-British villa site located in Kent, England, with evidence suggesting occupation and agricultural use across multiple periods. The villa demonstrates the characteristic features of Romano-British rural settlement, with archaeological remains indicating substantial domestic and agricultural infrastructure typical of provincial Romano-British estates. The site shows evidence of Iron Age activity beneath later Roman structures, suggesting continuity of settlement and land use patterns across the Iron Age and Roman periods. The villa represents an important example of how Romano-British landowners often chose locations with earlier, established occupation histories, reflecting both the economic value of the land and the perpetuation of settlement patterns across successive cultural periods.

A Romano-British villa and a possible Iron Age farmstead at Franks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009024. View the official record →

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