Roman villa at Low Ham
The Roman Villa at Low Ham was a Roman villa at Low Ham , a village in the parish of High Ham , Somerset , England .
It was discovered in 1938 and excavated between 1945 and 1955. Mainly because of a mosaic that shows scenes with Aeneas and Dido , she gained fame. It is one of the not so numerous mosaics from the Roman province of Britannia prima ( Britain ) with a narrative representation.
The villa stood on a flat hill and dates from around 340 AD. The buildings of the villa were grouped around a courtyard. The excavations focused mainly on the west wing and the bathing complex, in which the mosaic was also located. The mosaic has been on display at the Somerset County Museum in Taunton since 1953 . In addition to this mosaic, numerous other fragments of mosaics were found in the villa, but mostly much poorer preserved and decorated with geometric patterns.
literature
- Stephen R. Cosh, David S. Neal: Roman Mosaics of Britain. Volume 2: South-West Britain. Illuminata Publishers for the Society of Antiquaries of London, London 2005, ISBN 0-9547916-1-4 , pp. 253-263.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 48 ″ N , 3 ° 6 ′ 22 ″ W.