Brading Roman Villa

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Brading Roman Villa was a Roman courtyard villa which has been excavated and put on public display in Brading on the Isle of Wight.^[1] Beginning in August, 2008, a new excavation is due to begin; hopes are that it will reveal some new mosaics ^[2]

The first simple villa dates from the mid-1st century but, over the next hundred years, it developed into a large and impressive stone-built villa around three sides of a central courtyard. Its luxurious rooms contain many fine Roman mosaics.

[edit] References

1. ^ Brading Roman Villa picture, Isle of Wight pictures website
2. ^ BBC News report

[edit] External links

• Brading Roman Villa

v • d • e Villas of Roman Britain Alfred's Castle • Borough Hill • Bignor • Brading • Chedworth • Croften • Fishbourne • Gadebridge • Great Witcombe • Littlecote • Lullingstone • Piddington • Rockbourne • Woodchester See also: List of Roman places in Britain