ROMAN FORT

Lower House Farm has been in the Parish of Canon Frome for many generations. There have been settlements on the farm going back to the Roman times (Roman Fort - Aerial View 1, Roman Fort - Aerial View 2).

The roman fort on the farm has been here since the 1st century AD –AD 600, but remains of worked wood and other remains indicate wooden hurdles from 3500 BC for fishing so there has been in this valley for a very long time !!.
A certain amount of archaeological work has been carried out since the late 1960s - in terms of aerial reconnaissance, auguring and field walking surveys and archaeological observation of limited trenching. The town was possibly called Epocessa and was a local market centre, with evidence of possible industrial activity. In 2007 a local archaeology company, Border Archaeology (borderarchaeology.com) did a lot of work on the site and others nearby and a wealth of information was found not just here but also on other farms as well.