LARGE ROMAN VILLA FOUND IN HOLLAND

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6804, 7 January 1929, Page 9

LARGE ROMAN VILLA FOUND IN HOLLAND

FOUNDATIONS WITH HEATING INSTALLATION FOR BATHS UNEARTHED IN MEADOW. THE HAGUE. The foundations of a Roman villa have been discovered at Hcerlcn, in the province of Dutch Limburg. The supports belonging to an old stone wall found in the meadow belonging to Heinrich Ivremer made him think that these might be the remains of some Roman structure, as about the beginning of the Christian era the Romans had settled in eastern and southern Holland. It was decided to start excavations with the possibility of adding Some objects of interest to the local museum. A number of young volunteers started this work and were recompensed for their labour by unearthing the foundations of what proved to be the heating installation of the extensive bathing section of a large Roman villa. At the same time numerous other Roman objects were discovered. On the advice of the conservator of the Maastricht Museum, the excavations by the inexperienced volunteers were stopped, and it is hoped next spring to continue the excavations under the supervision of the Limburg Historic and Antiquarian Society, when important developments are expected.