Preston Roman villa

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

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Preston Roman villa preserves the earthworks of a former Roman villa in Dorset. The Albion Guide charts three Roman villas in the county; this is one of them. The nearest railway station is Upwey, 3.2 km to the west. The nearest other Roman villa is Jordan Hill Roman Temple, 0.8 km to the south-west.

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