Located on the south side of the River Tees, in north-east England,
the Roman villa at Ingleby Barwick is one of the most northerly in
the Roman Empire. Discovered originally through aerial photography
and an extensive programme of evaluation, the site was excavated in
2003-04 in advance of housing development. Unusually for the
region, the site demonstrated evidence for occupation from the
later prehistoric period through to the Anglo-Saxon. The
excavations at Ingleby Barwick are significant not only for their
scale but also for being carried out under modern recording
conditions, allowing for extensive and detailed analysis of the
finds. The villa is also a rare example of a Roman civilian site in
the hinterland of Hadrian s Wall. The Roman winged corridor villa
and its outlying stone structures were surrounded by an extensive
layout of rectilinear enclosures. While the main villa building was
preserved in situ, excavation of the surrounding area revealed
features such as ovens and paved surfaces, as well as rare finds
such as a glass tableware vessel probably from Egypt and a large
hoard of metalwork. The pottery has allowed a detailed phasing of
the site to be proposed, while the environmental evidence reveals
the villa to have been a working farm."
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