Keston Roman villa

At Keston were excavated the remains of a Roman villa. The Keston Roman villa consisted of several buildings including a mausoleum. The latter is preserved above ground.

Excavations at the villa were carried out over the last hundred years. A sarcophagus was found by farmers around 1783. In 1828 the first proper excavations were started uncovering a round mausoleum and another sarcophagus. Another excavation in the same year uncovered the same structures and was published in detail in 1829.