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Spoonley Wood Roman villa

England
List entry 1004847
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004847
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.92 hectares
Grid reference
SP 04500 25671
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Spoonley Wood Roman villa is a Romano-British domestic settlement located near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, dating to the second and third centuries AD. The site comprises the remains of a substantial stone villa with a corridor plan typical of high-status rural properties of the period, along with associated agricultural and domestic structures. The villa was excavated in the nineteenth century, revealing evidence of mosaic floors, hypocaust heating systems, and pottery indicating occupation and prosperity during the later Roman period in Britain. The site represents an important example of Romano-British villa architecture and the development of Romanised settlement patterns in the Cotswolds region during the imperial period.

Spoonley Wood Roman villa is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004847. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Spoonley Wood Roman villa?

Spoonley Wood Roman villa is a Romano-British domestic settlement located near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, dating to the second and third centuries AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004847.

Who is responsible for protecting Spoonley Wood Roman villa?

Spoonley Wood Roman villa 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 1004847.

What other scheduled monuments are near Spoonley Wood Roman villa?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow W of Salperton Park (6.5 km), Salperton camp (6.6 km), Hazleton long barrows, north and south (7.3 km).

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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow W of Salperton Park
6.5 km
Salperton camp
6.6 km
Hazleton long barrows, north and south
7.3 km
Camp at Upper Dowdeswell
7.7 km
Hillfort 320m north east of Castle Barn Farm
8.1 km
Turkdean Roman Villa
8.5 km
Bowl barrow known as St Paul's Epistle Mound
8.6 km
Lineover long barrow, 530m south west of Castle Barn Farm
8.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Spoonley Wood Roman villa

Spoonley Wood Roman villa stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Spoonley Wood Roman villa

GloucesterRoman town · ~14 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~14.9 milesAlcesterRoman town · ~19.9 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~8.8 milesBattle of Tewkesbury (1471)Battle (1471) · ~10.2 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~12 milesBattle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Bridge 1642Battle (1651) · ~19.9 miles
Domesday entry for Charlton, Gloucestershire →
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