08/09/2026
The first confirmed Roman villa in North Wales sure is keeping us busy! 🏺
Floors, apses (that’s a tongue twister), painted plaster, evidence of underfloor heating and signs of burning are just a few of the discoveries we’ve made, offering exciting clues about what this villa and the structures around it may have once looked like, and how they may have been used.
We’re also starting to see signs that the story could be even more complex than we first thought, with clues to different building phases, possible demolition and rebuilding, and even hints that parts of the site may have been used before the villa was built 👀
We’ve already got plenty to piece together, and with a few days to go, lots of questions to get our teeth into!
And perhaps you can help us with one…any idea who the print in slide 7's Roman tile might belong to? 🐾
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Mae'r fila Rhufeinig cyntaf a gadarnhawyd yng Ngogledd Cymru yn sicr yn ein cadw ni'n brysur! 🏺
Mae lloriau, apses (mae hwnnw'n droell tafod), plastr wedi'i beintio, tystiolaeth o wres dan loriau ac arwyddion o losgi yn ddim ond rhai o'r darganfyddiadau rydym wedi'u gwneud, sy'n cynnig cliwiau cyffrous ynglŷn â sut olwg oedd ar y fila hwn a'r adeiladau o'i gwmpas ar un adeg, a sut y gallent fod wedi cael eu defnyddio.
Rydyn ni hefyd yn dechrau gweld arwyddion y gallai'r stori fod hyd yn oed yn fwy cymhleth nag y gwnaethom feddwl ar y dechrau, gyda chlustogau i wahanol gyfnodau adeiladu, dinistrio ac ailadeiladu posibl, a hyd yn oed awgrymiadau y gallai rhannau o'r safle fod wedi cael eu defnyddio cyn i'r fila gael ei adeiladu 👀
Mae gennym ni eisoes ddigon i'w gyd-dynnu, a gyda rhai dyddiau'n weddill, mae yna lawer o gwestiynau i fwrw iddyn nhw!
Ac efallai y gallwch chi ein helpu ni gydag un…oes gennych chi syniad i bwy mae'r ôl traed ar y dylad Rufeinig yn sleid 7 yn perthyn? 🐾
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📷️ A fab piece of box flue tile, part of a hypocaust (underfloor heating system)
📷️ Happy Venturers!
📷️ Christian with a bone hair pin, found among demolition material
📷️ Team Rossett around Trench 1, our smaller trench
📷️ Ali with a lovely piece of red painted wall plaster from one of the rooms. Just imagine how warm and vivid the room must’ve looked!
📷️ Brid with a gorgeous sherd of orange-red pottery
📷️ A piece of Roman tile, complete with a mysterious impression...
University of Chester Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology Wrexham Museums
