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Islip Roman villa, 300m east of Hillside Farm

England
List entry 1015161
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015161
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
6.23 hectares
Grid reference
SP 53291 13436
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Islip Roman villa is a Romano-British settlement site located near Hillside Farm in Oxfordshire. The villa complex dates from the Roman period and represents the domestic and agricultural establishment of a substantial landholding within the province of Britannia. Archaeological investigation has identified structural remains and finds characteristic of Roman villa occupation, providing evidence of Romano-British rural settlement patterns in the region. The site contributes to understanding the distribution and development of villas across Roman Britain during the imperial period.

Islip Roman villa, 300m east of Hillside Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015161. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Islip Roman villa, 300m east of Hillside Farm?

Islip Roman villa is a Romano-British settlement site located near Hillside Farm in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015161.

Who is responsible for protecting Islip Roman villa, 300m east of Hillside Farm?

Islip Roman villa, 300m east of Hillside Farm 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 1015161.

What other scheduled monuments are near Islip Roman villa, 300m east of Hillside Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Woodeaton village cross (1.4 km), Ring ditches, barrows and associated enclosures, Port Meadow (6 km), Godstow Abbey: a Benedictine nunnery, associated earthworks, leats and bridge, immediately south of Godstow Bridge (6.5 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Woodeaton village cross
1.4 km
Ring ditches, barrows and associated enclosures, Port Meadow
6 km
Godstow Abbey: a Benedictine nunnery, associated earthworks, leats and bridge, immediately south of Godstow Bridge
6.5 km
Oxford city walls
7.1 km
Swing bridge, LNWR Station
7.3 km
Rewley Abbey
7.4 km
Oxford Castle and earlier settlement remains
7.5 km
Seacourt medieval settlement 760m west of Manor Farm, Binsey
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Islip Roman villa, 300m east of Hillside Farm

Islip Roman villa, 300m east of Hillside Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Islip Roman villa, 300m east of Hillside Farm

AlchesterRoman town · ~4.9 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~12.2 milesTowcesterRoman town · ~24.1 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.9 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~20.9 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~21.1 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~24.8 miles
Domesday entry for Islip, Oxfordshire →
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