The Roman villa of Freiria (Outeiro de Polima) (Portuguese: Ruínas romanas de Freiria (Outeiro de Polima)) is a Roman villa in the civil parish of São Domingos de Rana, in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, dating from the 1st to 6th centuries AD.
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History
The town was constructed during the height of Roman influence within the Iberian peninsula, roughly between 1st and 6th century.
Sometime around 1913, Virgílio Correia discovered the Roman outpost.
New archaeological campaigns were undertaken in 1973, under the direction of archaeologist Guilherme Cardoso, where they discovered a large quantity of artefacts and material.
Architecture
During the archaeological campaigns that occurred in the 20th century, archaeologists delineated various buildings, including: a Domus (with tiled mosaics) and a bath complex, a Villa fructuaria (composed of a barn, mill, and olive oil still), a bread oven, water tank and necropolis. The large barn is similar to Roman villa of Monroy, near Cáceres.
In addition to a solar quadrant found there, there was also a reference to the property-owner, Titus Curiatius Rufinus, in an altar dedicated to Triborunnis.