Rockbourne Roman Villa

Peaceful Roman Villa with on-site museum. Within @CranborneChase and near @NewForestNPA. Part of the Hampshire Cultural Trust @HantsCulture 🏛️

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Rockbourne Roman Villa is now closed for the winter ❄️

Thank you for visiting us this season! See you in Spring 2025. Follow us for updates.
#Rockbourne #RomanVilla #RomanBritain

Photo of Rockbourne Villa excavations.

[Dr! Adelle Bricking @archae_delle]

The most superb bowl of them all imo 😌

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Not long now for the new season in 2025! 🌅

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@TonyFelonius Io Saturnalia!

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Season's Greetings from all at Hampshire Cultural Trust!

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A massive #ThanksToYou and happy 30th birthday to the National Lottery! Thank you to #NationalLottery players for helping to fund our work that supports communities, groups, individuals and projects, celebrating both our heritage and our people and investing in their future.

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@NTChedworth Freshly dug mosaic 😍

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🍂 Autumn at Rockbourne Roman Villa. We will reopen in Spring 2025.

#museum #Hampshire #newforest #fordingbridge #romanbritian #romanvilla #archaeology #autumn

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Departed comrade! Thou, redeemed from pain
Shall sleep the sleep that kings desire in vain...
All pain is fled from thee.
And we are weeping in thy stead;
Tears for the mourners who are left behind
Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.

Lucretius, Roman Poet
#remembranceday2024

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Dull shot of the carpark 🍂

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A rare example of a painted mosaic from Sparsholt #Roman villa #Hampshire, now in @WinchCityMuseum

This section of plaster may originally have continued a floor mosaic guilloche design up onto the surrounding walls

A #MosaicMonday / #FrescoFriday crossover

📷 April 2022

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Our volunteers have put the goddess Pomona to sleep 😴 She will return in spring to bloom again 🌸

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@NTChedworth Ours are currently fast asleep in their tent ⛺️

[Dr Jo Ball @DrJEBall]

The tombstone of Euthenia, who died at the age of 35. The stone was dedicated by Gemellus, described as her 'partner' (contuburnalis) rather than her husband. This form of union, along with their single names, suggests that both Euthenia & Gemellus were enslaved #EpigraphyTuesday

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@BOUDICC88003310 @Durotrigesdig

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Good night hypocaust 😴 don’t let @Durotrigesdig disturb you!

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@Durotrigesdig Allowed to be in, holding the frame up before support are in place.

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@Durotrigesdig @Brittunculus410 @EnglishHeritage Still spectacular though 😍

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Job done 👍🏻

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Conservation in action 🐁
#Conservation #museum

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Covering day 🛌❄️