Rutland Roman villa

The Rutland Roman villa is a Romano-British villa site near Ketton in Rutland, England. The site was listed as a scheduled monument by Historic England on 23 November 2021. The villa includes the first example of a Roman mosaic in Britain which depicts scenes from the Trojan War.

A geophysical survey of the site in 2021 showed evidence of a large villa complex including indications of a formal garden, a bath house, perhaps a chapel and two mausolea. Further excavations in 2022 uncovered the bath house as well as a second mosaic, possibly from a dining area of the villa.

This type of large luxurious villa complex is unusual in this part of Roman Britain (see List of Roman villas in England)

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