Time Team excavation Site Waltham

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Welcome to the Cotswolds, one of the affluent addresses in Roman Britain. The countryside around me is crammed with Roman villas and roads and towns.

But we’re interested in one particular Roman desres which we’re pretty sure once stood in this field. Because these finds, from a small dig here 23 years ago suggest an opulent villa built within years of the Roman occupation. And what’s more, it’s sited unusually close to two other villas.

Once we’ve got the archaeological evidence from under here, we’ll be trying to paint a picture of the Roman Cotswold family who lived here almost two millennia ago. And as usual, we’ve got just three days to do it.
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Coordinates:   51°53'13"N   1°59'19"W
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