North Leigh Roman Villa, England
This evening, I am reporting on my visit earlier today to the site of a once very high sttus Roman Villa at North Lea, Oxfordshire, England. Firstly, the round trip journey (by car) was most enjoyable, entailing navigating winding narrow roads passing through lush green undulating landscapes populated by (mostly) honey coloured stone properties. Most of the landscape was agricultural planted with what appears is wheat at an intermediate stage of maturity. Of course, it was the fertile soil which attracted the Romans who used the region as a granary to produce a supply of food to the legions stationed around the Rhine in what is now Germany. Artist's impression of the villa at it's peak. North Leigh was once one of the largest in Britain. In the early 4th century AD it had four bath suites, 16 mosaic floors and 11 rooms with under floor heating. The villa owner(s) probably enjoyed a luxurious life style benefiting from imported goods. The hard work was left to labourers and sla...