Newport Roman Villa
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Newport Roman Villa by Bob Embleton as part of the Geograph project.
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Newport Roman Villa
Image: © Bob Embleton Taken: 24 Oct 2005
Built in the late 270s and probably only used for 50 years or so as it did not undergo many modifications one would expect in a longer occupation. It has an exceptionally well preserved bath suite with (from the furnace end) a cauldarium, sudatorium, tepidarium and finally an unheated frigidarium.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.694006
Longitude
-1.293467