Archaeologists reveal full extent of Roman villa with remarkable mosaic

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A remarkable fourth-century Roman villa has been unearthed beneath farmland in Devon, complete with what experts have confirmed is the most westerly polychrome mosaic ever discovered in a Roman villa in Britain.The find, revealed today following a two-month excavation on land situated between the villages of Halberton and Sampford Peverell, has astonished archaeologists with its scale and sophistication.Bill Horner, County Archaeologist and Historic Environment Manager at Devon County Council, said: "The polychrome mosaic is the most westerly example to have been found in a villa in Roman Britain.

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This, and the other trappings of Roman civilisation and evidence of affluence that have been found, show how much even this far-flung part of the province had been integrated into the Roman Empire."Such lavish Roman dwellings are exceptionally scarce in this corner of the south-west, where only a small number of villas have previously been identified.

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