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Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge

England
List entry 1014606
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014606
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.39 hectares
Grid reference
SU 78361 85535, SU 78631 85718, SU 78637 85488, SU 78015 85705
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge is a Romano-British settlement site located in Buckinghamshire. The villa dates to the Roman period and represents the type of agricultural estate that characterised rural Roman Britain, with evidence of substantial stone and timber structures typical of villa complexes of the period. Archaeological investigation has revealed remains consistent with a residential and working farmstead, reflecting the prosperity of Romano-British landowners during the occupation. The site's designation as a scheduled monument recognises its importance as evidence of Roman settlement patterns and rural economy in the south-east of Roman Britain.

Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014606. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge?

The Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge is a Romano-British settlement site located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014606.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge?

Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge 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 1014606.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A slight univallate hillfort known as Medmenham Camp (2.4 km), Large multivallate hillfort known as Danesfield Camp (3.4 km), Hurley Priory: A moated Benedictine priory and fishponds and the remains of Ladye Place Mansion (4.4 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

A slight univallate hillfort known as Medmenham Camp
2.4 km
Large multivallate hillfort known as Danesfield Camp
3.4 km
Hurley Priory: A moated Benedictine priory and fishponds and the remains of Ladye Place Mansion
4.4 km
Highlands Farm Palaeolithic site
6 km
Greys Court; castle wall, towers and well house
6.4 km
Moated site 100m south-west of Bear Place
7.1 km
Cropmark enclosure and pits NE of St Patrick's Avenue
9.1 km
Ring ditch cropmark E of St Patrick's Avenue
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge

Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge

Dorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~14 milesSilchesterRoman town · ~17.1 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.5 miles
Domesday entry for Hambleden, Buckinghamshire →
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