North Leigh Roman Villa

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

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A Roman villa once stood here — today it survives as earthworks in Oxfordshire. The Albion Guide charts eight Roman villas in the county; this is one of them. It sits within the Cotswolds National Landscape. For arrivals by rail, Combe (Oxon) Station is 2.1 km to the east.

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