At some time in 1753 (or perhaps a year or more earlier), parts of what was evidently a Roman villa were revealed in building works at Glentworth. The discovery was recorded in a letter by Thomas Pownall, which is now in the Scarbrough archives at Sandbeck Park. The letter describes the remains of a plain white tessellated floor, an open conduit or drain and a parallel square-sectioned water pipe, and its interpretation of these modest remains as part of the bath house of a rural villa 'seems reasonable'. Field walking at Glentworth, conducted in Spring 1977 by Paul Everson, identified a major Roman site to the east of the hall, on either side of the ornamental fish pond. Finds consisted of large quantities of 3rd and 4th century pottery, building stone, roof tile and combed flue tile. It seems that the construction of the fishpond in landscaping the eastern prospect of Glentworth Hall may have disturbed part of the residential area of the villa. {1}{2}{3}