Villas, Sanctuaries and Settlement in the Romano-British Countryside
New Perspectives and Controversies
Edited by Martin Henig Edited by Grahame Soffe Edited by Kate Adcock Edited by Anthony King
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(March 2023)
ISBN: 9781803273808
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This volume brings together a range of papers on buildings that have been categorised as ‘villas’, mainly in Roman Britain, from the Isle of Wight to Shropshire. It comprises the first such survey for almost half a century.
Villas, Sanctuaries and Settlement in the Romano-British Countryside had its genesis in a conference held at the British Museum in 2009 and brings together a range of papers on buildings that have been categorised as ‘villas’, mainly in Roman Britain, from the Isle of Wight to Shropshire. It comprises the first such survey for almost half a century. While some of these structures were indeed country houses and the centres of agricultural estates as their designation as ‘villas’ implies, others are here shown to have been administrative or industrial centres, hunting lodges or religious sanctuaries, or a combination of more than one such function. The art associated with these prestige structures and its relevance to their function is also considered.
Roman villas in Britain and beyond - Martin Henig, Anthony King and Grahame Soffe Where, when and what for? Coin use in the Romano-British countryside - Philippa Walton Villa mosaics and archaeology - Patricia Witts The Roman villas of the Lower Nene Valley and the Praetorium at Castor - Stephen G. Upex Piddington, Northamptonshire: wealthy private farm or imperial property? - Roy and Diana Friendship-Taylor Whitley Grange villa, Shropshire: a hunting lodge and its landscape - Roger White Moor Park, Hertfordshire: two evaluations of an excavation of the 1950s - Victoria Leitch and Martin Biddle Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire: a reinterpretation of the site as a temple rather than a villa - Bryn Walters and David Rider Chedworth, Gloucestershire: a question of interpretation - Bryn Walters and David Rider Acroterial decoration and cantharus fountains - Anthony Beeson The stones with Chi-Rho inscriptions at Chedworth - Stephen R. Cosh The St Laurence School villa, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire - Mark Corney Dinnington and Yarford: two villas in south and west Somerset - Anthony C. King, with a contribution by Christina Grande The Ashtead Roman villa and tileworks - David Bird Lullingstone Roman villa - Martin Henig and Grahame Soffe, with a contribution by Anthony King Clinging to Britannia's hemline: continuity and discontinuity in villa estates, boundaries and historic land use on the islands of Vectis and Tanatis - David Tomalin Where did Sidonius Apollinaris live? - John Collis From Roman villa to medieval village at the Mola di Monte Gelato, Lazio, Italy - Anthony C. King Index, Roman villas in Britain and beyond – Martin Henig, Anthony King and Grahame Soffe Where, when and what for? Coin use in the Romano-British countryside – Philippa Walton Villa mosaics and archaeology – Patricia Witts The Roman villas of the Lower Nene Valley and the Praetorium at Castor – Stephen G. Upex Piddington, Northamptonshire: wealthy private farm or imperial property? – Roy and Diana Friendship-Taylor Whitley Grange villa, Shropshire: a hunting lodge and its landscape – Roger White Moor Park, Hertfordshire: two evaluations of an excavation of the 1950s – Victoria Leitch and Martin Biddle Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire: a reinterpretation of the site as a temple rather than a villa – Bryn Walters and David Rider Chedworth, Gloucestershire: a question of interpretation – Bryn Walters and David Rider Acroterial decoration and cantharus fountains – Anthony Beeson The stones with Chi-Rho inscriptions at Chedworth – Stephen R. Cosh The St Laurence School villa, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire – Mark Corney Dinnington and Yarford: two villas in south and west Somerset – Anthony C. King, with a contribution by Christina Grande The Ashtead Roman villa and tileworks – David Bird Lullingstone Roman villa – Martin Henig and Grahame Soffe, with a contribution by Anthony King Clinging to Britannia’s hemline: continuity and discontinuity in villa estates, boundaries and historic land use on the islands of Vectis and Tanatis – David Tomalin Where did Sidonius Apollinaris live? – John Collis From Roman villa to medieval village at the Mola di Monte Gelato, Lazio, Italy – Anthony C. King Index
- Edited by Martin Henig
- Edited by Grahame Soffe
- Edited by Kate Adcock
- Edited by Anthony King
'... the value and impact of collaborative working shines through; many of the projects described in this volume are helping to transform our understanding of the significance of these sites in the past, simultaneously bringing people and organisations together and demonstrating the value of archaeological research for people and places in the present. This volume will hopefully serve as a catalyst for future research that draws on wider interdisciplinary expertise and sparks new collaborations.' – Sarah Scott (2024): Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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