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Crofton Roman Villa 
Crofton Roman Villa, museumGeneral information Location Orpington, England, United Kingdom Completed circa 140 AD Crofton Roman Villa in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, is a Roman villa which was inhabited between approximately 140 and 400 AD. It was the centre of a farming estate of about 500 acres (2 km²), with farm buildings nearby, surrounded by fields, meadows and woods. The house was altered several times during its 260 years of occupation, and at its largest it probably had at least 20 rooms.
The remains of ten rooms can be seen today. Two rooms contain the remains of "opus signinum" floors, and three have evidence of tiled, or "tessellated", floors. Details of an underfloor central heating hypocaust can also be seen, featuring both channelled and pillared systems, as can small finds from the site.
The villa is adjacent to Orpington railway station, and is not far from Lullingstone Roman Villa, near Eynsford, Kent.
Discovery
The site was discovered in 1926, when workmen were preparing a driveway for some new council offices, and unearthed some Roman artefacts. Preliminary archaeological investigations at the time established the existence of the villa, but the site was not fully investigated until 1988, when further work was carried out by the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit (KARU). Details of their findings were published in appropriate journals.[citation needed] The site is protected within a modern building.
External links
- Crofton Roman Villa website
- Local council website
- Dover Roman Painted House, also in the care of KARU
Coordinates: 51°22′22.6″N 0°5′16.1″E / 51.372944°N 0.087806°E
Villas in Roman Britain Borough Hill • Bignor • Brading • Chedworth • Crofton • Fishbourne • Gadebridge • Great Witcombe • Kings Weston • Llantwit Major • Littlecote • Low Ham • Lullingstone • Newport • North Leigh • Piddington • Rockbourne • Woodchester
See also: List of Roman places in Britain Roman visitor sites in the UK Villas Bignor • Brading • Chedworth • Crofton • Dover Painted House • Littlecote • Lullingstone • Fishbourne • Newport • Piddington • Rockbourne • Wroxeter
Forts & Military Towns Roman Museums Canterbury Roman Museum • Carvoran Roman Army Museum • Corinium Museum • Jewry Wall Museum • Ribchester • Senhouse Roman Museum • Trimontium Trust (Melrose) • Verulamium MuseumOther sites Bath Roman Baths • Caerleon Roman Baths • Verulamium Roman Theatre • Welwyn Roman Baths • York Roman BathsCategories:- 2nd-century architecture
- Archaeological sites in Kent
- Former buildings and structures of Bromley
- Roman villas in Kent
- Museums of Ancient Rome in the United Kingdom
- Archaeology museums in England
- Museums in Bromley
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