OS grid reference TQ528644 Country England Post town Dartford Local time Wednesday 12:16 AM District Sevenoaks District Civil parish Eynsford | Region South East Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district DA4 Shire county Kent Dialling code 01322 | |
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Lullingstone roman villa video tour
Lullingstone is a village in the county of Kent, England. It is best known for its castle, Roman villa and its public golf course.
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- Lullingstone roman villa video tour
- Lullingstone roman villa history video
- Pre Roman
- Roman Occupation
- 20th century
- Nearest places
- References
Lullingstone was a civil parish until 1955, when it was annexed to Eynsford. The parish was in Axstane Hundred and its successor Dartford Rural District.
Lullingstone roman villa history video
Pre-Roman
It is believed that an Iron Age hill fort is sited on the hill above the castle, although this is unconfirmed.
Roman Occupation
Lullingstone Roman villa was discovered in 1939, and is believed to have been built around 100 AD. It contains some of the finest excavated remains of a Roman villa in Britain, including a Romano-Christian chapel, displaying some of the earliest evidence of Christianity in Britain.
20th century
Nearby is the site of a decoy airfield for the nearby Biggin Hill airfield. Known as a Q-site, this was intended to entice bombers to misinterpret it as Biggin Hill.
In 1937 a plan was announced to create an airport the size of Heathrow in Lullingstone. The area of land had been reserved and construction of Lullingstone railway station to serve the site began. The proposal was abandoned at the outbreak of World War II.