Dalton Parlours Roman villa

The site was discovered in 1854 on land owned by the Lady Elizabeth Hastings Charities and excavated by F Carroll in 1855. These initial excavations located two buildings with hypocausts and the Medusa mosaic. A rescue excavation in 1977 excavated 3.5 acres of the site. The modern excavations discovered an Iron Age site beneath the Roman villa. The villa was constructed in the 3rd-century AD, though some evidence suggests 2nd-century activity at the site as well. Coins on the site date from AD 270–355. In the post-Roman period, several Anglo-Saxon buildings were built on the site . A grave dating to the 7th-century AD was also found.

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