A Roman winged-corridor villa was discovered in a field adjacent to Alresford Lodge in 1884. Excavations were conducted under H. Laver in 1885.
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A Roman winged-corridor villa was discovered in a field adjacent to Alresford Lodge in 1884. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a villa site from the Roman period in Britain.
Alresford is classified as a Roman villa — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Berechurch Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum (7.3 km), SE corner of Roman town in Easthill House Gardens (7.6 km), Roman saltern 750m north west of Maydays Farm (7.8 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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