were found in the village of Whatley, 3 mi to the west of Frome. Another villa is suggested at Selwood. Southill House in Cranmore, 10 miles southwest, has evidence of a villa with a hypocaust. Two villas have been surveyed in the Hemington area, 3 mi to the north-west of Frome, alongside other sites, ditches and boundaries.

A Roman road ran from the west of the