Stroud Villa

Temple Or Shrine and Villa

Excavations in 1907-8 uncovered a Roman villa with Baths and an aisled farmhouse with wings. A Roman lead coffin was found nearby. The villa complex included a detached octagonal building about 27½ ft. in diameter which may have been a shrine attached to the villa or possibly a garden pavilion. There is a similar situation at the Walton-on-Hill villa in Surrey.

RIB 131 - Relief dedicated to Mars Olludius

To Mars Olludius.

MARTI OLLVDIO

No commentary.

RIB 132 - Relief dedicated to Romulus

To the god Romulus Gulioepius presented this, Juventinus made it.

DEO ROM[...]LO
GVLIOEPIVS
DONAVIT
IVVENTINVS
FECIT

No commentary.

References for Stroud

  • Temples in Roman Britain by M.J.T. Lewis (Cambridge 1966);
  • The Roman Inscriptions of Britain by R.G. Collingwood and R.P. Wright (Oxford 1965).
  • Monument Number 243069

Map References for Stroud

NGRef: SU7223 OSMap: LR197

Roman Roads near Stroud

None identified

Sites near Stroud Villa