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Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood

England
List entry 1020771
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020771
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.32 hectares
Grid reference
TF 71387 27623
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of a Romano-British villa complex located in Norfolk. The site dates to the Roman period of occupation in Britain and represents a substantial domestic and agricultural establishment of the type characteristic of Romano-British settlement patterns in East Anglia. The villa's layout and architectural features reflect the Roman influence on domestic building practices during the first to fourth centuries AD, though the precise chronology of occupation phases remains to be fully determined through archaeological investigation. The monument survives as earthwork remains and subsurface archaeological deposits that retain important evidence of Roman rural settlement, land use, and the integration of Roman material culture within the wider Norfolk landscape.

Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020771. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood?

Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of a Romano-British villa complex located in Norfolk.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood?

Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood 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 1020771.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa adjoining Watery Lane (6 km), Well Hall Roman settlement (7.1 km), Medieval settlement remains 500m west of Well Hall (7.5 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
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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman villa adjoining Watery Lane
6 km
Well Hall Roman settlement
7.1 km
Medieval settlement remains 500m west of Well Hall
7.5 km
Site of All Saints' Church
7.9 km
Bowl barrow on Leziate Heath, 300m west of Leziate Drove
8 km
Medieval and early post-medieval settlement remains 570m west of Jubilee Farm
8.1 km
Remains of St James' Church and surrounding Saxon and medieval settlement
8.6 km
Moated site at Gayton Hall
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood

Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Roman villa in and adjacent to Denbeck Wood

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~24.3 miles
Domesday entry for Appleton, Norfolk →
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