Low Ham Roman Villa

Aeneas and Dido on the mosaic

The Low Ham Roman Villa was a Roman courtyard villa located near Low Ham in the civil parish of High Ham in the English county of Somerset. It is best known for the extraordinary figured mosaic depicting the story of Aeneas and Dido.

The site is a scheduled ancient monument.[1] It has been placed on the Heritage at Risk Register due to the risks from extensive animal burrowing.[2]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Low Ham Roman villa (1006192)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Low Ham Roman villa, High Ham — South Somerset". Heritage at Risk. English Heritage. Retrieved 9 June 2018.