North Leigh Roman Villa

Local nameNorth Leigh Roman Villa
LocationNorth Leigh, UK

North Leigh Roman Villa was a Roman courtyard villa in the Evenlode Valley about 0.5 miles north of the hamlet of East End in North Leigh civil parish in Oxfordshire. It is a scheduled monument in the care of English Heritage and is open to the public.

It was enlarged over time from the late 1st century AD to the early 5th century and eventually became a very large, luxurious villa rustica with 19 mosaic floors, and included a large agricultural estate with housing for farm workers and possibly slaves. Life there was very comfortable with access to the best local agricultural products and imported luxuries from sophisticated nearby towns such as Cirencester.

It remains the only visible and visitable Roman building in Oxfordshire.

Tags Roman VillaEnglish HeritageVillaRomanArchaeological Site
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Leigh_Roman_Villa

Official Website https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/north-leigh-roman-villa/

Address (Unnamed Road), OX29 8, United Kingdom

Coordinates 51°50'9.721" N -1°25'31.917" E

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