Villa d’époque romaine et habitat médiéval à Mont-Saint-Jean (Sarthe) : bilan des recherches 2008-2020 by Florian Sarreste, Paul-André Besombes, Phaedra Bouvet, Chloé Genies, Étienne Jaffrot, Florian Jedrusiak, Thomas Jubeau, Anthony Ledauphin, Annaïg Le Martret, Christophe Loiseau, Hugo Meunier, Aurore Noël, Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet, Boris Robin

“…Thus, this zone would have allowed for easy access to the Roman iron ore workshops located in the forest, the closest of which, the Saut du Cerf, is situated less than 1.2 km south of the villa.The ancient rural settlement was founded around AD 30-40, on a plot of land ostensibly untouched by any prior activity. It was composed of three parts: to the south-east a residential building was installed on the highest point, and to the north-east-south-west, two wings of annexes face the valley below. …”
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