'Unusual' Roman villa discovered on Oxfordshire housing development

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Wantage,Oxfordshire

Archaeologists said large quantities of pottery, Roman coins and painted plaster have been found in the villa.

Whilst excavating, the team also discovered a rare "aisled building" which is thought to have been built later than the villa.Credit: ITV Meridian

"We're hoping to learn what function that had. It's a very large building and they're quite rare. We want to work out how it fit in with the wider site. "It'll be the next step for a site that's not been inhabited for 2,000 years, re-occupying a site that the Romans abandoned."The archaeology team say there are quite a lot of Roman sites across Oxfordshire, as it was well populated and there was a lot of colonisation.

"The finds were getting richer and more abundant the closer we got to the main villa, so we knew that something was going on.Credit: ITV Meridian

 

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