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Inside a Cotswold Villa with Paul Booth
🕑 Added 2021-07-06 19:17:31 +0000 UTCPaul Booth is a key authority on Roman villas in the Cotswolds – the region in central England (which includes Gloucestershire and parts of neighbouring counties such as Oxfordshire) could be said to have witnessed a ‘Golden Age’ of villa building in the later years of Roman-occupied Britain. Many of the largest and most lavish villas are concentrated in this area, including the villa on the Broughton Estate at the centre of our upcoming dig.
Not only did Paul Booth write a landmark text on Roman Oxfordshire, he was also one of the principal archaeologists directly involved in the original evaluation of the Broughton site by Oxford Archaeology that established and confirmed the presence of the villa. Simply put, his local expertise is second to none, and we are delighted that he will be joining us at the dig.
In this extensive chat, Tim and Paul take a deep dive into the subject, firstly discussing the wider context, before taking a closer examination of the Broughton villa in the second half. It’s a heady conversation, but one that provides some invaluable insights into the specific site itself and the wider perspective. (If you want to jump straight to our upcoming dig, start about 20 minutes in!)
PLEASE NOTE: Due to circumstances beyond our control by nature of remote recording, there is a slight lag in the source video. We hope this doesn’t affect your enjoyment of this fascinating conversation.
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John Matthew IV
How much time do you have? This on YouTube, talk as long as you want!
Susie Stockton-Link
Quite fascinating: always such a pleasure to listen to the real experts on a site and its locale. SO looking forward to seeing the techie sub surface results and the interpretation of them on our screens!
