Folkestone Roman Villa
Folkestone Roman Villa, also referred to as the East Bay Site, is a villa built during the Roman Occupation of Britain, and is located in East Wear Bay near the port town of Folkestone, in Kent, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman villa in Kent, England
- Also known as: “Fokestone Roman Villa Ruins”, “Folkestone Roman Villa,”, and “Villa rustica of Folkestone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Martello Tower No. 2 and Martello Tower No. 1.
Martello Tower No. 2
Tower
Photo: Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Martello Tower No. 2 is situated 390 feet west of Folkestone Roman Villa.
Martello Tower No. 1
Tower
Photo: Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Martello Tower No. 1 is situated 950 feet north of Folkestone Roman Villa.
Martello Tower No. 3
Tower
Photo: Lintilla1962, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Martello Tower No. 3 is situated 1,300 feet south of Folkestone Roman Villa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capel-le-Ferne and Old Hawkinge.
Capel-le-Ferne
Village
Capel-le-Ferne is a village and civil parish on the White Cliffs of Dover, near Folkestone in the Dover district, in Kent, England. Its name derives from a medieval French term meaning "chapel in the ferns".
Old Hawkinge
Village
Hawkinge is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill. Old Hawkinge is situated 2 miles north of Folkestone Roman Villa.
Hawkinge
Village
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Hawkinge is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill. Hawkinge is situated 2½ miles northwest of Folkestone Roman Villa.
Folkestone Roman Villa
- Categories: villa rustica, Roman villa, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.08877° or 51° 5′ 20″ northLongitude
1.19862° or 1° 11′ 55″ eastElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
9F3335QX+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 485213895OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Folkestone Roman Villa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fokestone Roman Villa Ruins”
- French: “villa Rustica (Folkestone)”
- French: “Villa Rustica (Folkestone)”
- German: “Villa Rustica (Folkstone)”
- German: “Villa Rustica”
- Swedish: “Fokestone Roman Villa Ruins”
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