Totternhoe Roman villa is on Church Farm, Church Road, in Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, England. No sign of it is now visible, as it has been filled in and grassed over.[1]
The villa was excavated by the Manshead Archaeological Society under the direction of C. L. Matthews in the 1950s. It was a Roman courtyard house, 200x240 feet, with at least 14 rooms, with mosaics, hypocausts and painted wall plaster. Pottery was mainly late 4th century, but there was also some from the 2nd century. 5-6th century Saxon potsherds were also found, suggesting occupation after the villa was abandoned.[1][2] Finds from the site can be seen in the Roman gallery of Stockwood Discovery Centre.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "MONUMENT NO. 346563. Roman villa". Historic England: Pastscape. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Romano-British Totternhoe". Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Roman Bedfordshire - an Overview" (PDF). Luton Borough Council. 2008. p. 5. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
Further reading edit
- C. L. Matthews; J. Schneider; B. Horne (1992). "A Roman villa at Totternhoe". Bedfordshire Archaeology (20): 41–96.