Winterton Roman villa

Winterton Roman villa
Winterton Roman villa
	The Orpheus mosaic from Winterton villa
	Location within Lincolnshire
General information
Architectural style	Romano-British Villa
Location	Winterton, North Lincolnshire; grid reference SE98491914
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°39′02″N 0°37′31″W / 53.650513°N 0.62532485°W
Construction started	c.2nd century

Winterton Roman villa is a Roman villa in Winterton, North Lincolnshire. It was discovered in 1747.^[1]

Villa

The villa was built in the 2nd century AD and reconstructed in the 4th century. It was partially excavated several times. Between 1958 and 1967 Ian Stead led a series of excavations at the site culminating in the 1976 volume Excavations at Winterton Roman Villa and Other Roman Sites in North Lincolnshire.^[2] Following these excavations Winterton was one of the most (archaeologically) completely known villa sites in England.^[3]

The villa comprises several buildings surrounding a courtyard measuring 300 feet (91 m) in width, including domestic spaces, agricultural buildings, and three bath-houses. Five large mosaics have been found at the site. The Orpheus mosaic is one of thirteen examples of this subject from Roman Britain and is one of the two most northerly examples; the other being at the nearby Horkstow Roman villa.^[4] A mosaic depicting Fortuna is in the North Lincolnshire Museum along with a collection of pottery, coins, and glass.^[5]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Historic England. "Monument No. 63693". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ Ian Stead (1976). Excavations at Winterton Roman Villa and Other Roman Sites in North Lincolnshire. Department of the Environment Archaeological Reports. Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
^ Todd, M. (1980). "Reviewed Work: Excavations at Winterton Roman Villa and Other Roman Sites in North Lincolnshire by I. M. Stead". Britannia. 11: 448. doi:10.2307/525718. JSTOR 525718. S2CID 163231330.
^ Sarah Scott (1995). "Symbols of Power and Nature: The Orpheus Mosaics of Fourth Century Britain and Their Architectural Contexts". In Rush, P. (ed.). Theoretical Roman Archaeology: Second Conference Proceedings. Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal. No. 1992. pp. 105–123. doi:10.16995/TRAC1992_105_123.
^ "Winterton Fortuna Mosaic". Flirk. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2020.