Borough Hill Roman villa

The remains of Borough Hill Roman villa include multiple rooms with a bath suite, constructed from local marlstone and featuring tiled roofs and plastered walls.

Local historian Beriah Botfield conducted extensive excavations in 1852, documenting the site with detailed drawings and collecting artifacts now housed in the British Museum.

The villa demonstrates Roman architectural techniques through its advanced heating system, utilizing hypocaust flues and brick supports to circulate warm air beneath the floors.

The archaeological site sits within the ramparts of an Iron Age fortress at coordinates 52.2581 latitude and -1.14111 longitude, accessible through marked pathways.

A stone-lined well discovered southwest of the villa contained human remains accompanied by bronze items, an iron fibula, and a hook.

Part of: Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemet

GPS coordinates: 52.25810,-1.14111

Latest update: March 6, 2025 04:48