A ruined Romano-British villa located near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, in the valley of the River Purwell.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
A ruined Romano-British villa located near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, in the valley of the River Purwell. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a villa site from the Roman period in Britain.
Wymondley 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 The Six Hills Roman barrows (6.3 km), Baldock (6.4 km), Lammas Field Roman villa, 680m north east of Western Bury (6.7 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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