The Harpham Roman Villa in Context: Insights from an Integrated Remote-Sensing Survey on the Yorkshire Wolds. (November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Maw, Eleanor
• Is Part Of: Britannia. Volume 52(2021)
• Page Start: 369
• Page End: 384
• Publication Date: 2021-11
• Subjects: Roman Britain -- rural settlement -- Roman villa -- Harpham -- Yorkshire Wolds -- geophysical survey -- aerial photography; Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Antiquities, Roman -- Periodicals; Romans -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 936.10305
• DOI: 10.1017/S0068113X21000106
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0068-113X

Abstract

Abstract: This contribution presents the first overview of an integrated remote-sensing survey undertaken across Harpham Roman Villa, East Yorkshire, and its wider landscape setting. The survey revealed one of the largest Roman courtyard complexes in northern Britain, nestled within an impressive crossroads system that formed part of a multiphase 'ladder settlement'. The paper considers the impact of the results on both our understanding of this unique landscape and broader methodological approaches to the study of rural settlement in Roman Britain.