Site of Gadebridge Roman Villa
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Site of Gadebridge Roman Villa
Image: © Graham Hale Taken: 5 Apr 2012
In 1962 a chance discovery found a Roman villa under the green field in the north west corner of this roundabout. Excavation showed it to have been a spa with a bath, the biggest in Roman Britain after the one at Bath. The roundabout is the junction between the Leighton Buzzard Road (A4146) and Galley Hill / A4147 Link Road.
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