The survey at the Shropshire site also finds evidence of Roman roads and a WW2 RAF base.
Evidence of two previously unknown Roman villas has been uncovered at a National Trust site in Shropshire.
Evidence of several Roman roads, historic small farms and a World War Two airfield were also found in the survey. Attingham Park also covers part of the buried Roman city of Wroxeter which is cared for by English Heritage. The survey also detected eight ditched enclosures and remains, possibly Iron Age or Romano-British farmsteads, four of which were previously unknown.The survey also found evidence of several Roman roads to the west of Wroxeter which added to archaeologists' understanding about activity in the area at the time.
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