Carroll, M. (2026). "Rural Villa at Neerhaaren-Rekem." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/feb6a7feaa/

Rural Villa at Neerhaaren-Rekem

Published: 2026-10-01
Last modified: 2026-10-02

Dates

Late first century CE

Garden Description

The facade of this modest house of a villa rustica near the Meuse river measured 24 m. in length and had two protruding wings joined by a portico (Plan 1). The house was built in the late 1st century CE. There is evidence for an arbor or pergola next to the house in the form of two rows of postholes arranged diagonally and converging in front of the entrance on the west (circles on plan). Between the rows of posts, each measuring ca. 15 m. in length, and around which some kind of vines or other climbing plants may have been trained to grow, was a small pool.

Plans

Plan 1. Plan of the farm house at Neerhaaren-Rekem with a possible arbor leading to the door and a pool (grey) between the posts of the arbor.
Credit: Plan adapted from De Boe, De Bie and Van Impe 1992, fig. 288.

Bibliography

  • G. De Boe, M. De Bie, and L. Van Impe, "Heerharen-Rekem. Die komplexe Besiedlungsgeschichte einer vor den Kiesbaggern geretteten Fundstätte," in Spurensicherung. Archäologische Denkmalpflege in der Euregio Maas-Rhein, Mainz, 1992, pp. 490-493, fig. 288. worldcat
  • P. Van Ossel, Établissements ruraux de l'Antiquité tardive dans le nord de la Gaule, Paris, 1992, pp. 297-300, fig. 105. worldcat

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