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Ixworth Roman villa

England
List entry 1006047
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006047
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.29 hectares
Grid reference
TL 94022 69970
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ixworth Roman villa is a Romano-British villa site located in Suffolk, England, dating to the Roman occupation period. The villa represents a substantial rural settlement of the type commonly found across Romano-British countryside, reflecting the agricultural and economic organisation of Roman provincial life. Excavations and surveys have revealed structural remains consistent with the residential and working quarters typical of villas from this era. The site contributes to archaeological understanding of rural settlement patterns and domestic life in Roman Britain.

Ixworth Roman villa is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006047. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ixworth Roman villa?

Ixworth Roman villa is a Romano-British villa site located in Suffolk, England, dating to the Roman occupation period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006047.

Who is responsible for protecting Ixworth Roman villa?

Ixworth 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 1006047.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ixworth Roman villa?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman settlement S of Ixworth (0.8 km), Moated site in Round Grove (3.2 km), Roman villa at Stanton Clair (4.4 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
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Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman settlement S of Ixworth
0.8 km
Moated site in Round Grove
3.2 km
Roman villa at Stanton Clair
4.4 km
Stanton Upthorpe windmill
4.6 km
Castle Hill motte
5.6 km
Cross in grounds of Ashfield House
6.2 km
Lady's Well (holy well and moat)
8.1 km
East Low Hill tumulus
9.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ixworth Roman villa

Ixworth Roman villa stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Ixworth Roman villa

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~14.6 miles
Domesday entry for Ixworth, Suffolk →
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