Excuse me, can you show me to the Bathroom?

For many years it has been thought that a Roman villa, possibly on a palatial scale, stood on the Roman road between Aldborough and Malton. During the construction of ornamental gardens, streams and fish-ponds at Hovingham Hall in 1745 the remains of a Roman bath-suite were found complete with hypocausts. More recently, Dominic Powlesland has been leading archaeological excavations to look for further evidence and will now reveal what has been uncovered. Due to the sensitivity of the information, this talk will not be available as a YouTube recording.

Dominic Powlesland is the director of the Landscape Research Centre and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of York in 2011 in recognition of his pioneering work in landscape archaeology and computer applications in archaeology. He has focused on the Vale of Pickering where has been working on this landscape since 1977, pioneering investigation techniques and methods that have influenced the discipline internationally. In 2024 he featured in an episode of the BBC programme ‘Digging for Britain’ examining an abandoned Anglo-Saxon settlement from East Heslerton.

Cost £7.50 (Friends of Roman Aldborough members free)