Villa rustica (Acton Scott)

At Acton Scott , in the English county of Shropshire , the remains of a Roman building were discovered in 1817, which was then systematically excavated in 1844. Because of the early excavations and inconsistencies in the documentation, it is difficult nowadays to get an accurate picture of this building.

It is a rectangular building divided into two parts. The east part consists of two large rooms or a courtyard, the west part consists of a large central room with smaller rooms on three sides. On the southwest corner there were rooms with hypocausts that might indicate a bath. There were remains of figurative wall paintings, which point to a sophisticated interior. A column was found that either comes from this building or from a villa nearby.

Perhaps it is a large barn that was later converted into a home. The construction is not far from Linley Hall , where lead was mined, and it has also been suggested that this mansion was the home of a senior official. The discovery of four Greek coins dating from the classical period is unusual. However, the coins may have nothing to do with the building and may have only got here in modern times.

literature

• Graham Webster: The Cornovii , London 1991, pp. 98-100. ISBN 0-86299-877-8

Web links

• Brief description with picture of the original excavation plan
• The villa on roman-britain.org

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 11.7 "  N , 2 ° 47 ′ 59.4"  W.