Somerset’s new Roman mosaic
11 Nov 2024
A reconstruction of a Roman mosaic has been created by a dedicated band of volunteers after almost five years of effort. The mosaic is laid in a reconstruction of a Roman building at Avalon Archaeology near Glastonbury. The volunteers hand-made the 140,000 stone and tile cubes (tesserae) using the same tools as the Romans did. Then painstakingly recreated a series of mosaic designs copying ones from Roman villas that had been excavated in Somerset.