Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRomano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm

Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm

England
List entry 1017015
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017015
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.34 hectares
Grid reference
SU 03870 79726
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The villa complex 330 metres north-west of Queen Court Farm is a Romano-British settlement situated in Wiltshire. The site dates to the Roman occupation period and represents a substantial domestic and agricultural establishment characteristic of the villas that developed across southern Britain during the later Roman centuries. Archaeological investigation and field survey have identified structural remains and artefacts consistent with residential occupation and farming activities typical of Romano-British villa economies. The monument contributes to understanding rural settlement patterns and the extension of Romano-British material culture into the Wiltshire landscape during antiquity.

Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017015. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm?

The villa complex 330 metres north-west of Queen Court Farm is a Romano-British settlement situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017015.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm?

Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm 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 1017015.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow in Mount Wood, 300m north-east of Upper Lodge (8.5 km), Two bowl barrows 320m south-east of Little London (9.3 km), Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery (9.9 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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm

Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.