Farms In Roman Britain

Question 0

Different types of farmhouses in Roman Britain- simple villa

Answer 0

• 4 to 5 rooms (sometimes linked by a corridor)
• rectangular shaped
• built of timber, wattle and daub
• roves made of stone slabs

Question 1

Different types of farmhouses in Roman Britain- roundhouse

Answer 1

• 1 Room
• wattle and daub walls attached to a wooden frame
• steep roof
• NO HOLE IN THE ROOF FOR SMOKE
• instead, the smoke was filtered THROUGH the roof
• open fire in the centre of the house

Question 2

Different types of farmhouses in Roman Britain- Later villa

Answer 2

• many rooms
• complicated shape (like many early villas togather)
• they had workshops, barns…