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https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/19898378.pdf
Whiting, C.E. (1939). Y.A.J., XXXV, (1943), 261-9
Stancil Villa Yorks SK 610961 Group 11 Pg 170
P.R. Scott
ROMAN VILLAS IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
M.A. Thesis April 1973
Additional Information
https://researchframeworks.org/syrf/roman/
It is usually thought that it was at the centre of larger estates in Roman Britain, those able to generate surplus over and above what was needed for subsistence, that one would find a ‘villa’. In a Romano-British context a villa is primarily defined as a building, or buildings, of ‘Roman type’, meaning construction in stone and appointments such as baths, mosaics and painted wall plaster. The location of villas tends to be related to ease of communication with larger settlements, towns etc, where the product of their estates was marketed. The villas, or probable villas, in South Yorkshire are all within easy reach of Doncaster. They include Stancil (Whiting 1941), c. 10km south of the town, which has been known for some time, as has another at Oldcoates (Buckland 1986, 38). In addition, we may note a stone building with a hypocaust found at Hampole (Saich and Matthews 2001-3; Bevan 2007). Less well known is the villa at Conisbrough Parks, subject of a geophysical survey in 2003 and believed to be under excavation by the site owner. The first three sites are on Magnesian Limestone whilst Conisbrough Parks is on Coal Measure Sandstone. These examples apart, there seems to be a lack of villas in the county, some of which, at least, is similar in environmental terms to parts of the Yorkshire Wolds and the Magnesian Limestone belt further north where they are more common (Hodgson 2012, 54). Further villas may come to light in South Yorkshire, but the reason for their scarcity remains an important research question.
Roman Villas:
https://www.britainexpress.com/architecture/roman-villas.htm
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