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The Roman villa 300 yards west of Park House Farm buildings is a Romano-British rural settlement site located in Dorset. The villa dates to the Roman period of occupation in Britain and represents the type of agricultural estate that characterised Romano-British landholding and economic organisation. Physical remains at the site indicate domestic and possibly agricultural structures typical of such villas, which served as centres of farming and local administration during the Roman period. The site's survival and identification as a scheduled monument reflects its importance for understanding rural settlement patterns and the distribution of wealth and land use in Roman Britain.
Roman villa 300yds (270m) W of Park House Farm buildings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002861. View the official record →
The Roman villa 300 yards west of Park House Farm buildings is a Romano-British rural settlement site located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002861.
Roman villa 300yds (270m) W of Park House Farm buildings 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 1002861.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Leonard's Chapel (8 km), Bowl barrow 900m north west of Pond Down Buildings (8.4 km), Bowl barrow 800m north west of North Barn Farm on Houghton North Down (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman villa 300yds (270m) W of Park House Farm buildings'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.
Roman villa 300yds (270m) W of Park House Farm buildings stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.