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The Roman villa situated approximately 550 metres south-west of Woolaston station is a substantial Romano-British domestic and agricultural complex dating to the Roman occupation of Britain. The site comprises the remains of a corridor villa with associated outbuildings and field systems, demonstrating the typical layout and organisation of a Romano-British elite residence. Finds recovered from the villa include pottery, coins, and other domestic artefacts consistent with occupation spanning the later Roman period, indicating the property was maintained as a significant landholding during the fourth century. The villa's location within the Forest of Dean region of Gloucestershire reflects the strategic importance of this area for resource extraction and agricultural production during Roman rule.
Roman villa 550m south-west of Woolaston station is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004860. View the official record →
The Roman villa situated approximately 550 metres south-west of Woolaston station is a substantial Romano-British domestic and agricultural complex dating to the Roman occupation of Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004860.
Roman villa 550m south-west of Woolaston station 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 1004860.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oldbury Camp: an Iron Age fort at Oldbury-on-Severn (6 km), Offa's Dyke: section 240m north east of Buttington Farm (7.3 km), Offa's Dyke: section known as Buttington Tump, 100m west of Buttington Lodge (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman villa 550m south-west of Woolaston station'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 550m south-west of Woolaston station stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.