This site, located in the vicinity of Leicester (Ratae Corieltavorum) in the East Midlands, represents one of a number of Roman villa establishments situated in the agricultural hinterland of the civitas capital of the Corieltauvi. Like comparable villas in Leicestershire (such as Great Casterton, Norfolk Street in Leicester, and Lockington), it likely originated in the later 1st or 2nd century AD and continued in use, with phases of elaboration, into the 4th century.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
Villas in this region functioned as the centres of agricultural estates supplying grain, livestock, and other produce to Ratae and its markets, and they reflect the gradual Romanisation of the Corieltauvian rural elite. The density of villas around Leicester indicates a prosperous and economically integrated countryside well connected by the Fosse Way and other arterial roads.
This site, located in the vicinity of Leicester (Ratae Corieltavorum) in the East Midlands, represents one of a number of Roman villa establishments situated in the agricultural hinterland of the civitas capital of the Corieltauvi. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a villa site from the Roman period in Britain.
Site of 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 Rothley (2.4 km), The 'Roman' bridge, Belgrave (5.4 km), Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens (6.6 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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