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Horkstow Roman villa

Roman villa in North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

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Horkstow Roman villa is a Roman villa and scheduled monument in Horkstow, North Lincolnshire. It was discovered in 1797 when labourers found a large floor mosaic. A geophysical survey of the site in 1987 identified structural features between the site of the mosaic and the nearby Horkstow Hall, though the full layout of the villa has not yet been discovered.

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Discovery

1797

Mosaics moved to British Museum

1927

Mosaics transferred to Hull and East Riding Museum

1976

Geophysical survey

1987

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United Kingdom

Coordinates

53.66° N, -0.51° E