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Brading Roman Villa

Brading, Isle of Wight

A villa with a mysterious mosaic of a man with a cockerel's head.

Brading Roman Villa has some of the finest mosaics in Britain, including Medusa, Orpheus and scenes from mythology. One famous panel shows a figure with a man's body and a cockerel's head, standing by a house with steps.

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When
300s
Where
50.6700, -1.1500
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

Open daily, with a café and vineyard nearby.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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