{"id":365,"date":"2016-11-25T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natgeokids.com?p=365"},"modified":"2017-03-03T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T11:47:00","slug":"roman-villa-discovered-wiltshire-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/discover\/history\/romans\/roman-villa-discovered-wiltshire-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Roman villa discovered in Wiltshire garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 660px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-365-1\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3D-Render-Standalone.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3D-Render-Standalone.mp4\">http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3D-Render-Standalone.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">A man from Wiltshire may have unearthed the biggest Roman villa in Britain &#8211; at the bottom of his garden!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The discovery was made by rug designer Luke Irwin, whilst he was converting an old barn for his son to play ping pong in!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6538\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6538\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-4.jpg\" alt=\"Roman villa discovered in Wiltshire\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-4.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-4-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mosaic floor in Mr. Irwin&#8217;s garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">IMAGE: LUKE IRWIN<\/h6>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Workers were laying cables when they struck a hard surface underground, revealing near-perfectly preserved mosaic tiles. Realising they\u2019d uncovered something amazing, Mr. Irwin called the <strong>Wiltshire Archaeology Service<\/strong> and <strong>Historic England<\/strong> to come and take a look.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"\/discover\/history\/romans\/10-facts-about-the-ancient-romans\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 facts about Ancient Rome<\/a>, here!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An eight-day excavation later revealed that a grand Roman villa once stood on this very spot, over a thousand years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6539\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-5.jpg\" alt=\"Roman villa discovered in Wiltshire\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-5.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-5-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dig uncovered a huge villa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6>Image: Aerial Filming Services<\/h6>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mr. Irwin said the discovery left him \u201coverwhelmed\u201d, adding: \u201cYou look out at an empty field from your front door, and yet 1,500 years ago there was the biggest house, possibly, in all of Britain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The villa, which is thought to have been built sometime between 175 A.D. and 220 A.D., was used right up until the end of the 4th century when it fell into ruin.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6537\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-3.jpg\" alt=\"Roman villa discovered in Wiltshire\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-3.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-3-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mosaic floor which has been preserved for over 1,000 years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6>Image: Luke Irwin<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s1\">It was a huge home; three storeys high, with two courtyards and made of fancy materials, leading archaeologists to believe that a family of huge wealth and importance would have lived here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And that wasn\u2019t all that the site revealed; also found were Roman coins, brooches, animal bones, and even a child\u2019s coffin &#8211; which Mr. Irwin had been using as a flower pot!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6536\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-2.jpg\" alt=\"Roman villa discovered in Wiltshire\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-2.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-2-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child&#8217;s coffin, here being used as a plant pot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6 class=\"p1\">IMAGE: JON WILKES<\/h6>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dozens of oyster shells &#8211; which would have been transported over 45 miles on foot to the villa &#8211; were also found &#8211; more evidence that the owners were extremely wealthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr. David Roberts of Historic England said, \u201cThis site has not been touched since its collapse 1400 years ago and, as such, is of enormous importance<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s one of the best sites I have ever had the chance to work on.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6540\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire.jpg\" alt=\"Roman villa discovered in Wiltshire\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Roman-villa-discovered-in-Wiltshire-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The excavation uncovered Roman treasures like coins and jewellery!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6>Image: Aerial Filming Services<\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">For the time being, excavation of the site has stopped, but archaeologists are hoping to come back to uncover more about what Roman <strong><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/history\" target=\"_blank\">history<\/a><\/strong> in Britain was like.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"s1\">You can check out a video from the site, below!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dU--vwPkm6s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">Have you ever made any exciting discoveries? 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