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'Extraordinary' Roman Mosaic and Villa Found in Farmer's Field

A university in England has called “extraordinary” the discovery of a large Roman mosaic and villa in a field at a farm in Rutland.

The find was made by Jim Irvine, the son of the landowner.

Speaking in a video released by the University of Leicester, he says he first noticed some pottery fragments on the ground in a field last year. He contacted a local museum, he says, after observing a crop mark on satellite imagery.