The Romano-British settlement south-west of Camel Hill Farm lies on the south Somerset claylands close to the Fosse Way, between Ilchester (Lindinis) and South Cadbury. It appears to have been a small rural civilian settlement, likely occupied from the later 1st through the 4th century AD, of a type common in this densely-settled corridor of the Fosse Way hinterland.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
Its significance lies in its position within the agricultural hinterland of Lindinis, one of the principal small towns of Roman Somerset, and its proximity to the Fosse Way — placing it within an economically active landscape of farms, villas (e.g. nearby Lufton, Ilchester Mead) and roadside settlements supplying the local market.
Specific published excavation evidence for this site is limited; it is known largely through surface scatters of Romano-British pottery, building debris and possible cropmarks recorded in the Somerset HER, consistent with a modest farmstead or ancillary settlement rather than a villa. No detailed structural sequence or finds assemblage from formal excavation is recorded here.
The Romano-British settlement south-west of Camel Hill Farm lies on the south Somerset claylands close to the Fosse Way, between Ilchester (Lindinis) and South Cadbury. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.
Romano-British settlement immediately south west of Camel Hill Farm is classified as a Roman settlement — 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 Northover House, late Roman cemetery (6.8 km), Lindinis (6.9 km), Ilchester Mead (6.9 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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