place

Brading Roman Villa

1st-century establishments in Roman Britain5th-century disestablishments in Roman BritainArchaeological museums in EnglandBradingMuseums of ancient Rome in the United Kingdom
Museums on the Isle of WightRoman villas on the Isle of WightScheduled monuments in Isle of WightTourist attractions on the Isle of WightUse British English from February 2023
Brading Roman Villa geograph.org.uk 260719
Brading Roman Villa geograph.org.uk 260719

Brading Roman Villa was a Roman courtyard villa which has been excavated and put on public display in Brading on the Isle of Wight.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Brading Roman Villa (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Brading Roman Villa
Morton Old Road,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Brading Roman VillaContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 50.6728 ° E -1.1544 °
placeShow on map

Address

Brading Roman Villa

Morton Old Road
PO36 0PH
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

linkWikiData (Q1411412)
linkOpenStreetMap (5845224)

Brading Roman Villa geograph.org.uk 260719
Brading Roman Villa geograph.org.uk 260719
Share experience

Nearby Places

Brading Down
Brading Down

Brading Down is a chalk down southwest of Brading, Isle of Wight. It is a prominent hill which overlooks Sandown Bay, with views across the bay towards Shanklin, Sandown and Culver Down. It is a Local Nature Reserve.Parts of the down are private, including an area used as a covered reservoir, and some for agriculture. However, much of the down, approximately 35 hectares (86 acres), is open to the public and is owned by the Isle of Wight Council and managed by Gift to Nature. The main area of Brading Down is fenced and grazed but access on foot and for horse riders is available from the many pathways entering the area, and the car parks bordering the main Newport to Brading Road. The thin chalk soils to the east of the site support a typical downland plant community with pyramidal orchids being a particular feature in the summer. In recent years, a programme of scrub clearance has been undertaken. The area is good for butterflies including common blue, chalkhill blue, small, large and dingy skippers, marbled white, gatekeeper, and meadow brown.In addition to the wildlife interest of chalk downland, the ancient field system on Brading Down is a Scheduled Monument. The finest surviving ancient field system on the Island is to be found on the down. This is likely to be of late Iron Age or Roman date and highlights the last time the fields were ploughed. Nearby is Brading Roman Villa. Further down the slopes, First World War practice trenches and former chalk pits show evidence of more recent archaeological interest.