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Pitlands Farm is a Romano-British villa site located in Up Marden, Sussex, which has yielded evidence of substantial domestic occupation during the Roman period. Archaeological investigation has identified structural remains and artefactual material consistent with a villa establishment, indicating this location served as a centre of Romano-British settlement and agricultural activity. The site has also produced evidence of medieval reoccupation, suggesting continuity of occupation or reuse of the location across a significant chronological span. The combination of Roman and later medieval activity at Pitlands Farm reflects the complex patterns of settlement persistence and landscape management in Sussex from the imperial period onwards.
Romano-British villa and traces of medieval occupation at Pitlands Farm, Up Marden is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015235. View the official record →
Pitlands Farm is a Romano-British villa site located in Up Marden, Sussex, which has yielded evidence of substantial domestic occupation during the Roman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015235.
Romano-British villa and traces of medieval occupation at Pitlands Farm, Up Marden 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 1015235.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 300yds (270m) W of Densworth House (5.9 km), A Romano-Celtic temple, Iron Age shrine and associated remains 250m north west of Ratham Mill (6 km), Chichester Dyke: section 200yds (180m) long in Mouthey's Plantation, section 245yds (220m) long in Oakwood and section 100yds (90m) long SW of Oakwood House (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Romano-British villa and traces of medieval occupation at Pitlands Farm, Up Marden'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.
Romano-British villa and traces of medieval occupation at Pitlands Farm, Up Marden stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.