Following the discovery of a Roman mosaic in a farmers' field last year, more "amazing" finds have been unearthed in a Rutland-based field.

The location, which has been classified as top secret, was an average farming field before the first of these Roman relics was unearthed by Jim Irvine. Upon finding some old pottery, Mr Irvine began to dig and realised that his find may be of historical significance.

In September 2021, experts first uncovered a mosaic that depicted The Iliad, a Trojan war epic, including the story of Achilles. It is approximately 11m by 7m and has been dubbed the most substantial Roman find in the UK.

They suspected that the find once belonged to an individual or family, and the most recent find confirms this: students from the University of Leicester unearthed a large hall and living spaces, including baths. Experts suspect that this villa may have been adapted from an earlier agricultural building.

The building was thought to have been occupied in between the 3rd and 4th Century, the late Roman period.

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