High status Roman villa discovered near Scarborough hailed as first of its kind found anywhere in world
The remains of a high-status Roman villa and bath house, which may be the first of its kind ever discovered in the world, have been unearthed on a building site near Scarborough in North Yorkshire. The astonishing find was made during archaeological excavations ahead of the construction of a housing development in the small town of Eastfield. Archaeologists say the villa’s sheer size and complexity – it features a circular central room with other rooms leading off it – almost certainly indicate a stately home or some kind of religious sanctuary.
Source: independent.co.uk