Frampton Roman villa

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Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Frampton Roman villa preserves the earthworks of a former Roman villa in Dorset. It is one of three Roman villas the Albion Guide lists in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of Dorset National Landscape National Landscape. The nearest railway station is Maiden Newton, 3.1 km to the north-west.

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