A multi-period site with evidence of construction and occupation ranging from the Neolithic to the Medieval periods. An iron age farmstead was replaced by a series of Roman-era constructs, including a late first-century CE masonry establishment, o...
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A multi-period site with evidence of construction and occupation ranging from the Neolithic to the Medieval periods. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a villa site from the Roman period in Britain.
Gorhambury Ancient Site 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 Verulamium Roman theater (1.7 km), Verulamium (1.7 km), Verulamium, part of wall and ditch of Roman city (2.4 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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