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Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall

England
List entry 1006246
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006246
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.08 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 41802 08484
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Roman villa 150 yards south-east of Lea Hall is a Roman country house site located in Shropshire. The villa dates to the Roman period and represents one of the rural settlements that characterised Romano-British agricultural organisation in the Welsh Marches region. The site has been recorded as a scheduled monument under the national heritage list, reflecting its archaeological importance for understanding Romano-British settlement patterns and economy. The villa's position in the landscape, removed from major urban centres, demonstrates the dispersed nature of Roman agricultural production across the province.

Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006246. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall?

Roman villa 150 yards south-east of Lea Hall is a Roman country house site located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006246.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall?

Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall 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 1006246.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Pulverbatch motte and bailey castle with outer bailey, 100m NNW of Brook Cottage (6.3 km), Motte and bailey castle 150m south west of Wilderley Hall (7 km), Settlement remains of Blakemoorgate (8.4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Castle Pulverbatch motte and bailey castle with outer bailey, 100m NNW of Brook Cottage
6.3 km
Motte and bailey castle 150m south west of Wilderley Hall
7 km
Settlement remains of Blakemoorgate
8.4 km
Enclosed Iron Age farmstead on Wilderley Hill, 470m north west of Sallins Cottage
8.5 km
Castle Ring: a large univallate hillfort on Oak Hill, 600m south east of Crows Nest Farm
8.7 km
Settlement remains of Blakemoorflat
8.8 km
Bowl barrow on Cothercott Hill, 420m east of New Leasowes Farm.
8.8 km
Earthwork E of Bank Farm
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall

Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall

WroxeterRoman town · ~9.2 milesOffa's DykeArchaeological site · ~14.2 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~7.7 miles
Domesday entry for Polmere, Shropshire →
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