An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 8 F4 Downton
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An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 8 F4 Downton It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a villa site from the Roman period in Britain.
Downton 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 The Moot: a ringwork and bailey, earlier Roman settlement remains and later garden earthworks immediately east of the River Avon (0.2 km), Roman pottery kilns at Island Thorns Enclosure (7.2 km), Rockbourne (7.6 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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