Roman villa at Pitney
The Roman Villa at Pitney was a Roman villa near what is now the village and parish of Pitney in the South Somerset district , England . It is often referred to in research as Villa Pitney I , as there was another Roman villa here.
Its remains could be excavated between 1828 and 1829. The facility is relatively well documented and is noticeable for its size and rich equipment. The villa was located in the vicinity of the Roman city of Lindinis in the province of Britannia ( Britain ), an area that has a particularly large number of rich villas.
The villa consisted of various buildings that were grouped around a large courtyard. On one side were the house owner's residential buildings. Various rooms had hypocausts , others were furnished with mosaics . When it was found around 1828, a mosaic with the representation of the four seasons personified as erotes and another in a neighboring room with mythological figures were almost completely preserved . The mosaics are only preserved today in copies that were made during the excavation. The front of the villa, which opened onto the courtyard, was probably decorated with colonnades. On the other side of the courtyard there were farm buildings, including stables, but also living quarters for the servants. On the sides of the courtyard were a bathroom and other farm buildings. The remains of two inscribed tombstones were found in the courtyard, one of which belongs to a 13-year-old girl.
literature
- Patricia Witts: The lost mythological figures mosaic from Pitney, Somerset. In: Journal of the British Archaeological Association. Vol. 148, No. 1, 1995, ISSN 0068-1288 , pp. 1-5, doi : 10.1179 / 006812895791066147 .
- 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. 282-286.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 2 ″ N , 2 ° 47 ′ 16 ″ W.