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The Honeyditches Roman Villa, Seaton, Devon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Henrietta Miles
Henrietta Miles
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Dept. of Extra-Mural Studies, Exeter University
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Excavation at Honeyditches has revealed first century A.D. occupation in the Iron Age tradition, followed by Roman buildings. These included two parallel long timber structures, a large free-standing bath-house and a probable barn. These buildings, together with a house partially explored earlier this century, are interpreted as belonging to a villa complex, probably dating from the second to the fourth centuries. Norman pottery and occupation debris found over the bath-house are published in the Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society.

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Britannia , Volume 8 , November 1977, pp. 107 - 148
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Copyright © Henrietta Miles 1977. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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