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

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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.
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The most superb bowl of them all imo 😌
Now that it’s been declared treasure, I’m excited to finally share this incredible hoard that I was so lucky to help excavate. The c.1st century AD Llantrisant Fawr vessel hoard found near Usk, Monmouthshire 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We named the ox, Bovril πŸ₯° #FindsFriday southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2…
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Not long now for the new season in 2025! πŸŒ…
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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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πŸ‚ 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 πŸ‚
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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 πŸ“· 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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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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Good night hypocaust 😴 don’t let @Durotrigesdig disturb you!
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Job done πŸ‘πŸ»
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Conservation in action 🐁 #Conservation #museum
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Covering day πŸ›Œβ„οΈ
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Looking over the south wall of the #Roman coastal fort of Portchester (PORTVS ADVRNI), guarding Portsmouth Harbour #Hampshire, in around AD 345 A dramatic, if sadly rather speculative, recreation Β© Peter Dunn for the 1990 English Heritage guidebook #RomanFortThursday
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It is with great sadness that we share news of our dear friend Tim Darvill, professor of archaeology at Bournemouth University who passed away this morning Our thoughts are with his wife, family, friends and all those he inspired
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"If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance." Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161AD to 180AD #sundaywisdom
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In #Roman times #Rockbourne mosaic floors were cleaned by sweeping away the general dust and dirt with brooms made out of thin branches. Any food and drink spilled would have been washed way with cold water. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Housework #RomanVilla
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In Britain, fragments of at least 30 stone tabletops have been found. Concentrated in the Southwest, the tables are usually discovered in villas and town sites. Rockbourne is special for drawn circles and sections of circles on top. #FindsFriday #FurnitureFriday #RomanBritain
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