The Roman villa north of Sandlands Grove lies in the Tandridge district of Surrey, in the gently rolling country south of the North Downs. Like other villas in this part of the Weald-edge zone, it was probably a modest agricultural establishment occupied between the late 1st/2nd and 4th centuries AD, exploiting the mixed farming potential of the dip-slope soils. Its precise plan, scale and chronology are not securely established in published record.
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The site forms part of the dispersed pattern of villas threading along the Greensand belt and the southern fringe of the Downs in Surrey — a hinterland supplying London (Londinium) and the cross-Downs route to the south coast, and possibly linked to Wealden iron production further south. It is not among the well-known Surrey villas (such as Titsey, Beddington or Chiddingfold) but contributes to understanding the density of rural settlement in this corridor.
Little has been formally published on this specific site; identification appears to rest on surface finds (building material, tile, pottery) and possibly limited fieldwork rather than full excavation. No detailed plan, mosaic, or bath-suite evidence is recorded in standard accounts known to me, and the site should be regarded as attested but poorly characterised.
The Roman villa north of Sandlands Grove lies in the Tandridge district of Surrey, in the gently rolling country south of the North Downs. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a villa site from the Roman period in Britain.
Roman villa north of Sandlands Grove 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.
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