Brading Roman Villa, isle of Wight, England
Introduction This evening, I am reporting on a recent visit to Brading Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight which is situated off the south coast of England. Information on Brading Villa. In common with many of it's per group on the mainland, the villa evolved from a somewhat primitive, iron-age settlement to a sumptuous upscale residence over a period of about 400 years.Around AD 400 the Romans abandoned Britain and villas like the one at Brading fell into decay and were abandoned. Pre-Roman, iron age settlement at /near the Brading villa site. Map of the Isle of Wight showing location of various, known Roman villas.Brading is no 8 at the far right.This location afforded Brading with commercial advantage owing to easy access to sea transport. Key export would have been grain which generated the wealth to develop the villa site, particularly during the latter Roman period when sales to the Roman army of the Rhine were particularly lucrative. Bradi...