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# Romano-British Villa near Hewish Farm
The Romano-British villa near Hewish Farm is a minor rural settlement located 650 metres north-east of the farm in Somerset. The site occupies 0.77 hectares and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic England (reference 1011262). It sits on bedrock composed of Triassic mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, geology that would have shaped both the character of the settlement and the agricultural potential of its surrounding lands. This underlying geology is typical of the wider Somerset landscape.
Minor villas of this type formed the backbone of Romano-British agriculture in the south-west, typically operated by Britons or Romano-British farmers of modest means. They functioned as farmsteads, with residential and working buildings arranged around a courtyard, serving the needs of the family and their labourers. The site's location reflects the Roman integration of existing settlement patterns into their provincial economy.
Little is known of the villa's detailed layout, chronology or material culture without systematic investigation. The scheduled monument designation reflects the archaeological importance of understanding the rural Romano-British settlement pattern in Somerset and the transition from Romano-British to Anglo-Saxon society during the fifth and sixth centuries. The site remains a valuable record of daily life in the countryside during Roman occupation.
Minor Romano-British villa 650m north-east of Hewish Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011262. View the official record →
# Romano-British Villa near Hewish Farm The Romano-British villa near Hewish Farm is a minor rural settlement located 650 metres north-east of the farm in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011262.
Minor Romano-British villa 650m north-east of Hewish 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 1011262.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shrunken medieval village of Christon and associated field system 200m north of Manor Farm (8 km), Calamine mining remains, south of Glovers Field (8.9 km), Two bowl barrows on Shiplate Slait (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Minor Romano-British villa 650m north-east of Hewish Farm'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.
Minor Romano-British villa 650m north-east of Hewish Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.