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Rutland Roman villa
52.6169° N, -0.5731° E
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The Rutland Roman villa is a Romano-British villa site in Rutland, England. The site was listed as a scheduled monument by Historic England on 23 November 2021. The villa includes the first example of a mosaic in Britain which depicts scenes from Homer's Iliad. A geophysical survey of the site in 2021 showed evidence of a large villa complex including indications of a formal garden, a bath house, perhaps a chapel and two mausolea. Further excavations in 2022 uncovered the bath house as well as a second mosaic, possibly from a dining area of the villa. This type of large luxurious villa complex is unusual in this part of Roman Britain (see List of Roman villas in England)
Historical Timeline
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Initial period attribution
3rd–4th century AD
Scheduled monument listing
23 November 2021
Cropmark identification
June 2018
Urgent excavation funded
August 2020
Pottery find and small trench
2020
Geophysical survey
2021
Hector mosaic discovery
2021
Further excavations and revised dating
2022
Archaeological Features
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Burial and Funerary Structures
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Domestic and Habitation Structures
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