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Dicket Mead is a Roman villa located in Hertfordshire. The site dates to the Roman period and represents domestic occupation and agricultural activity characteristic of Romano-British rural settlement. The villa has been identified through archaeological survey and excavation, with finds and structural evidence contributing to understanding of Roman settlement patterns in the region. As a scheduled monument, it remains an important record of Roman provincial life in Britain.
Dicket Mead Roman villa is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015580. View the official record →
Dicket Mead is a Roman villa located in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015580.
Dicket Mead Roman villa is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015580.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lockleys Roman villa (0.3 km), Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove (2.5 km), Roman site 440yds (400m) E of Backlane Wood (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dicket Mead Roman villa's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dicket Mead Roman villa stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.