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Borough Hill Roman villa

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Template:Geobox Borough Hill Roman villa is located on the north tip of Borough Hill, a prominent hill near the town of Daventry in Northamptonshire.[1] The villa’s remains lie within the ramparts of an Iron Age fortress which covers the summit of the hill. The remains of the Roman villa were discovered in 1823 by the historian and archaeologist George Baker, who identified Borough Hill with the Benaventa

  1. ^ ’OS’ Explorer Map, Rugby & Daventry 222, ISBN 978 0 319 23734 2