Marvellous Mosaic Making! Where is the Villa? Every Wednesday in August Crofton Road, Orpington, Kent, BR6 8AF Crofton Discover all there is to know about Roman mosaics and make your own mosaic to take home! Roman Villa Sessions at 10.30am. in Orpington For up to 11 year olds. No booking needed. (adj. Orpington Rail Station) Children to be accompanied. Entry £4.00 per child, adult carer free. Adjacent Orpington Rail Station. Open: 1st April - Bus routes 61, 208, 353, R2 & R7. Car parking available off York Rise. 28th October 2020 Access for people with disabilities. Visit a unique part of Bromley’s Information and Bookings heritage on show to the public Kent Archaeological Unit Mosaic floors 18 Highfield Avenue, Green St Green, were a sign Orpington, Kent, BR6 6LF of wealth and Tel: 01689 860939 importance! School bookings: 07805 138465 Email:[email protected] www.karu.org.uk/crofton_roman_villa.html Follow us on Twitter: @CroftonVilla Follow us on Facebook School workshops Opening times Roman Villa activity workshops Tuesday, Wednesday & Bank Holiday designed to meet with the Mondays: 10am-1pm & 2pm-3.30pm National Curriculum and targeted (last entry 3.00pm) at Key Stage 2 are available from Sundays: 1st in each month only, April to October. 2pm-4.30pm (last entry 4.00pm). Admission charges Please contact Catherine on: 07805 138465 Adults £1.50 Concessions £1.00 or email: [email protected] Family (of 4) £4.00, each additional for more information. child 50p. www.karu.org.uk/crofton_roman_villa.html Staffed by the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit KARU CROFTON ROMAN VILLA About the Villa What’s on at the Villa? The Crofton Roman Villa House Activity Events “a gem in Orpington... was occupied from about AD140 to Easter Holidays 400 and was the centre of a farming an excellent visit” estate of about 500 acres. Nearby Heroic Adventures! would have been farm buildings, Wed 8th and 15th April surrounded by fields, meadows and What’s provided Join us to listen to unbelievable stories of woods. ancient heroes and their fantastic adventures. Take part in a quiz and make a fabulous The house was altered several times during 260 at the Villa? heroic cartoon strip to take home. years of occupation and at its largest probably Guided talk on the villa house and its excavation 8th Romulus and Remus had at least 20 rooms. Graphic displays of the excavations and villa 15th Theseus and the Minotaur The remains of ten rooms can be seen today, Sessions at 10.30am. The Touch Table with a selection of Roman finds now inside a modern cover building. Two rooms For up to 11 year olds. No booking needed. from the excavation for handling contain the remains of opus signinum (concrete) Children to be accompanied. floors, and three have evidence of tessellated Replica Roman everyday objects including Entry £4.00 per child, adult carer free. (tiled) floors. Details of the under floor central pots, jewellery, lamps and writing tablets heating (hypocaust) Activities for children - Roman games to play, can be mosaic making, dressing up as Romans and digging seen, which for finds in the excavation tray features both Roman soldier ‘rubbings’ channelled and pillared Gift shop selling guide books, postcards, systems. souvenirs and books on local archaeology The site was fully excavated by the SPECIAL activity workshops for Schools Kent Archaeological Rescue Two hour sessions (Tue & Wed) £3.00 per child. Open House London Unit, which also carried out Call : 07805 138465 Sunday 20th September the complete preservation Special open day - as part of Open House scheme, with funding provided SPECIAL Facility for Societies London, with site tours by the Director of by Bromley Council. The unit Sunday afternoons 1st of each month. Excavations, Dr. Brian Philp whose team now manages the scheme on Special guided tour of Roman villa for pre- preserved, excavated and opened the Villa. behalf of the Council. For more booked societies and groups (min. 20) by the Tours at 11am & 3pm. information see contact details excavation director, Dr. Brian Philp. Normal Doors open -10am with last admission at 4pm. on the back of this leaflet. charges apply, plus a donation to K.A.R.U..