CNN —Archaeologists have unearthed a “remarkable” Roman villa complex on a housing development site in a small English village. The complex was decorated with painted plaster, mosaics and there was a collection of tiny, tightly-coiled lead scrolls suggesting some sort of ritual or pilgrimage might have taken place there, according to a press release. The villa in Grove would have been “central for this area of Oxfordshire,” Francesca Giarelli, project officer for Red River Archaeology Group and the site’s director, told CNN on Thursday. Archaeologists found huge quantities of painted plaster. Even in the late Roman period, this particular villa continued to show signs of human activity.

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Persons: ” Francesca Giarelli, Giarelli, ” Giarelli, Barratt, David Wilson Homes, haven’t Organizations: CNN —, River Archaeology Group, CNN, River Archaeology, Red River Archaeology Locations: Grove, Oxfordshire, Red