Britain's biggest Roman villa uncovered on Isle of Wight

[Philosophia]

Britain's biggest Roman villa uncovered on Isle of Wight

One of the largest and best-preserved Roman villas yet discovered in Britain has been unearthed by archaeologists.

Built 1,800 years ago on the Isle of Wight, the building is as vast as an Olympic swimming pool and shaped like a church.

“It would have sung out the status of the owner,” Sir Barry Cunliffe, Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology at Oxford University and head of the excavation, told The Times yesterday. “It's a very impressive building, absolutely magnificent. It could have been seen for miles around.”

From here (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4561090.ece).

:foh: This is an incredible find. I would love to see it.

[TygerTyger]

Wow!

[David19]

That's quite a cool discovery, I'd love to see it too, or, even better, to have lived in it!.

Thanks for posting this.

[Sebastian]

That's quite a cool discovery, I'd love to see it too, or, even better, to have lived in it!.

Hats off to you for that last, I guess I'm a sucker for highspeed Internet, rum and cherry Pepsis, and living to be older than forty or so.

[David19]

Hats off to you for that last, I guess I'm a sucker for highspeed Internet, rum and cherry Pepsis, and living to be older than forty or so.

True, that's what I'd prefer too, although, it would be good to have a villa that size, in the modern world!.

[~*Midnight Flame*~]

When we go back to England over the holidays, I might just suggest making a stop to see this. Sounds quite fascinating.:crown: