The site of a Roman villa that was partially excavated in 1939 and then again from 1951 to 1978. The site was occupied from ca. A.D. 60 until the fourth century.
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The site of a Roman villa that was partially excavated in 1939 and then again from 1951 to 1978. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a villa site from the Roman period in Britain.
Little Oakley Roman villa 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 Walton Castle (12.9 km), Windmill Hill (16.6 km), Remains of St Osyth's Priory including the ruinous sections of a mid-C16 mansion (16.9 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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