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Over the past four weeks, the students have found a lot of pottery which will help with dating and perhaps in future we’ll be able to use ceramic residue analysis to find out what foods were being cooked or stored within them. This includes a lovely ‘indented beaker’, used for serving drinks, painted pottery and […]

Now that the University of Exeter fieldschool has ended, we can update you on some of the key discoveries and finds so far. The main villa (Area 1) Despite the challenging weather, the students have worked hard to uncover the full layout of the villa building. We now understanding that the first villa was a […]

We welcomed over 570 visitors to our open day on 6 June, despite the horrendous wet weather! We hope you enjoyed seeing the site. Huge thanks to all the students and volunteers who gave tours and helped to run the day. The site is open any weekday 10am – 4pm until 17 July, and our […]

We have some interactive 3D models available of our excavation trenches, thanks to Prof Leif Isaksen who has been out on site with his drone: https://scotchbon.net/battensfarm There are three models for you to explore, all captured on 8 June 2026: Area 1 (the main villa) Area 2 (outbuildings) Mosaic Leif will be out to update […]

Volunteer Dave Hennings has made a fantastically detailed film revealing the discoveries made during our two-week April excavation season: