Heneb Historic Environment Record: GGAT00768s
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Llandough Roman Villa
Primary Reference Number (PRN)
: 00768s
Trust
: Glamorgan Gwent
Community
: Llandough
Unitary authority
: Vale of Glamorgan
NGR
: ST168732
Site Type (preferred type first)
: IRON AGE - FARMSTEAD / Roman - villa
Summary :
Iron Age farmstead, succeeded by Roman villa in two main phases, followed after break in occupation, punctuated with early medieval burial, by medieval grange.
Description :
Iron Age farmstead (Phase I), succeeded by Roman villa in two main phases (II and III), partly explored during salvage excavations.
Phase I: Iron Age occupation represented by possible palisade trench, curvilinear slot and a number of postholes (=?round hut); associated with small amount of pottery, including Glastonbury ware which is probably indicative of pre-Conquest date.
Phase II: Villa, represented by rectangular stone structures, one room hypocausted, adjoining a courtyard with a pair of enclosure/?drainage ditches; probably wall-plaster.
Phase III: Filling of enclosure ditches; two new ranges of villa buildings, including small bath suite; new precinct wall; pipe trench with pipe collars still in situ; 3rd-4th century.
[Phases IV-V are medieval = PRNs 02272s, 03719s]
Full excavation report BAR188
Sources :
Evans, E M , 2001 , Romano-British southeast Wales settlement survey: Final report (
© GGAT)
Knight, J. K. , 2005 , From Villa to Monastery: Llandough in Context
Robinson, D. , 1988 , Biglis, Caldicot and Llandough: Three Late Iron Age and Roman-British Sites in South-East Wales, Excavations 1977-79
Youngs S.M. & Clark J. , 1981 , Medieval Britain in 1980 , Medieval Archaeology : 25 : 186,199,215,222,225
Events :
GGATE001109
: Llandough Farm (year : 1978-9)
GGATE001657
: Romano-British Southeast Wales Settlement Survey (year : 1998-2001)
Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER)
03719s
: Llandough Farm
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER)
02272s
: Early Christian Cemetery, Great House Farm, Llandough
National Monuments Record NPRN 400051
https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/400051/
Compiled date
: 11-02-2009
Last updated
: 17-11-2023
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