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Roman villa E of Beddington Park

England
List entry 1001990
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1001990
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
18.92 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 29793 65686
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Roman villa E of Beddington Park is a Roman domestic site located in Surrey, England, dating to the Roman period of occupation in Britain. The villa remains incompletely excavated and documented, with archaeological investigation revealing evidence of Romano-British settlement and habitation patterns characteristic of the region during the later Roman period. The site contributes to understanding the distribution and nature of rural Roman settlement in south-eastern Britain, though detailed structural information remains limited in the published archaeological record. Its designation as a scheduled monument reflects its significance as part of the broader archaeological landscape of Roman Surrey.

Roman villa E of Beddington Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001990. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman villa E of Beddington Park?

Roman villa E of Beddington Park is a Roman domestic site located in Surrey, England, dating to the Roman period of occupation in Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001990.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman villa E of Beddington Park?

Roman villa E of Beddington Park 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 1001990.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman villa E of Beddington Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Late Bronze Age enclosure at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton (3.9 km), Milestone in Brighton Road (4.7 km), Newe (or Wide) Ditch, Riddlesdown (5.8 km).

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Overview
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Late Bronze Age enclosure at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton
3.9 km
Milestone in Brighton Road
4.7 km
Newe (or Wide) Ditch, Riddlesdown
5.8 km
Surrey Iron Railway embankment, approximately 130m south west of Lion Green Road, Coulsdon
6.4 km
Two Saxon burial mounds on Gally Hills
6.9 km
Two Saxon burial mounds on Gally Hills, west of Brighton Road
6.9 km
Regular aggregate field system, associated trackway and Anglo-Saxon barrow field on Farthing Downs, 490m east of Hooley Farm
8 km
Group of four World War II fighter pens at the former airfield of RAF Kenley
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman villa E of Beddington Park

Roman villa E of Beddington Park stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Roman villa E of Beddington Park

LondonRoman town · ~9.7 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~19.8 miles
Domesday entry for Beddington, Surrey →
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