Roman BritainAlresford
Roman Villa · Civilian

Alresford

Roman Britain
Pleiades ID: 79291
Site type
Villa
Category
Civilian
Latitude
51.8555
Longitude
1.0034
Overview

History & context

A Roman winged-corridor villa was discovered in a field adjacent to Alresford Lodge in 1884. Excavations were conducted under H. Laver in 1885.

Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →

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Questions & answers

What is Alresford?

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.

What type of Roman site is Alresford?

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.

What other Roman sites are near Alresford?

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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