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Lillyhorn Roman villa, Bournes Green

England
List entry 1003577
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003577
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.9 hectares
Grid reference
SO 91304 04395
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lillyhorn Roman villa is a Roman country estate located at Bournes Green in Gloucestershire, dating to the Roman occupation of Britain. The site represents a substantial villa complex of the kind typical of prosperous rural settlements in the Cotswold region during the later Roman period. Archaeological investigation has revealed structural remains and artefactual evidence characteristic of Romano-British domestic and agricultural occupation. The villa's location within the Gloucestershire landscape reflects the pattern of rural settlement and land exploitation that developed across the western provinces during the Roman imperial period.

Lillyhorn Roman villa, Bournes Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003577. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Lillyhorn Roman villa, Bournes Green?

Lillyhorn Roman villa is a Roman country estate located at Bournes Green in Gloucestershire, dating to the Roman occupation of Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003577.

Who is responsible for protecting Lillyhorn Roman villa, Bournes Green?

Lillyhorn Roman villa, Bournes Green 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 1003577.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lillyhorn Roman villa, Bournes Green?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Norn`s Tump long barrow, 400m south-east of Hill Farm (6.4 km), Bowl barrow in Inlands Plantation, 650m south of Hazleton Manor Farm (7 km), Windmill Tump long barrow (7.4 km).

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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Norn`s Tump long barrow, 400m south-east of Hill Farm
6.4 km
Bowl barrow in Inlands Plantation, 650m south of Hazleton Manor Farm
7 km
Windmill Tump long barrow
7.4 km
Bowl barrow 150m north-east of Brandhouse Farm
7.5 km
Two bowl barrows 180m south east of Haresdown Barn
8.2 km
Lechmore long barrow
8.4 km
Lechmore round barrows
8.5 km
Two bowl barrows 690m and 790m north of The Manor Farm
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lillyhorn Roman villa, Bournes Green

Lillyhorn Roman villa, Bournes Green stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Lillyhorn Roman villa, Bournes Green

CirencesterRoman town · ~7.2 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~10.2 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~24.4 milesBattle of Tewkesbury (1471)Battle (1471) · ~17 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~22.4 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~24.2 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~24.3 miles
Domesday entry for Bisley, Gloucestershire →
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