Monument record 9191/1 - Whitehall Roman Villa, Nether Heyford

[SMR note 02/06/2011: fieldwork recorded as far as possible up to excavations of 2001.]

{1} Approximate location of Whitehall Roman Villa supplied by M.Flitcroft following a visit to the site.

{2} Whitehall Villa lies about 70 miles North of London, on the A5 trunk road. The A5 closely follows the route of the Roman Watling Street which ran from London to Holyhead in Wales. The nearest Roman towns on Watling Street were Lactodorum (Towcester) about 8 miles south, and Bannaventa (Whilton Lodge) about 3 miles to the north. The nearest village is Nether Heyford to the East. This area of West Northamptonshire is rich in Romano-British archaeology.
The villa site itself stands on a hillside with a beautiful panoramic view eastwards over the upper valley of the River Nene.
The Whitehall Farm Villa (SP6495860) is typical of the extensive Roman settlement located in this part of Northamptonshire. It forms part of a broader network of sites situated between the Roman small towns of Towcester (Lactoduorum), Whilton Lodge (Bannaventa) and Duston. The current series of excavations offers an excellent opportunity to examine the impact of Romanisation on this outpost of empire.

<1> Flitcroft M., 2003, Oral Report To SMR, (checked) (Oral Report). SNN107419.

<2> Young S. et al, 2000 (circa), Whitehall Farm Roman Villa and Landscape Project, (part checked) (Website). SNN107418.

<3> CLASP, 2006, Local People - Local Past, (unchecked) (Compact Disk). SNN106688.

<4> Brosnan, A., 2012, Chronicle Insight: Surveying The Past, (checked) (Newspaper cuttings). SNN108621.

<5> CLASP, 2005-12, CLASP (Community Landscape and Archaeology Survey Project) Newsletter (Newsletter). SNN108402.

Record last edited

Mar 15 2022 3:11PM