Villa Rustica (Folkestone)
In Folkestone ( Kent , England ) are the remains of an important, lying oceanfront villa rustica . It is believed that a prefect of the Roman fleet resided there, as Classis Britannica bricks were used and the place is not far from Portus Dubris ( Dover ), which was a main base of the fleet. Several construction phases could be distinguished. The villa was inhabited from around AD 100 to AD 370.
The system consists of two separate assemblies. The actual villa was an elongated building with two corner projections and thus belongs to the type of portico villa . The building was over 50 m long and had more than 25 rooms. There was a bathroom in the back of the building. The central room of the villa, which perhaps was a dining room had a mosaic with geometric decor. The mosaic is lost today. Remains of a second mosaic were found in the southern bathhouse. There were also components made of marble , which underpin the once rich furnishings.
In the south there was a second building that had a bathing facility, which was directly on the steep coast of the sea.
The villa was almost completely excavated in 1923 by SE Winbolt, who published the results in 1925. Subsequent excavations took place in 1989.
literature
- Samuel Edward Winbolt: Novel Folkestone . London 1925.
Individual evidence
- ^ DS Neal, SR Cosh: Roman Mosaics of Britain III, 2, South-East Britain , London 2009, pp. 376–377 ISBN 978-0854312894
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Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 19.5 ″ N , 1 ° 11 ′ 54.5 ″ E