[SunkenCiv]

The Y-shaped Roman structure, discovered in eastern England in the Norfolk area, can be seen in this aerial shot. Nothing like it has been discovered before from the Roman Empire. Sometime later another Roman structure (whose postholes can be seen) was built on top of it. [CREDIT: Michael Page]	This diagram shows the Y-shaped Roman building, which dates back around 1,800 years. Sometime later another Roman structure, whose postholes remain, was built on top of it. [CREDIT: William Bowden]	The archaeological team inside the postholes from the later Roman building. Decorated wall plaster was excavated from them. [CREDIT: William Bowden]

[MachIV]

Another wild story for George Norey.

[Doogle]

[Doogle]

"...probably a local structure, likely an asylum built to hold people who constantly dug holes claiming discoveries"

[reed13k]

First thing that comes to my mind is a barracks with horse stables...likely temporary, but then what do I know...

[Earthdweller]

Awesomeness. I love the stories that the old buildings tell. In this case, so little is left of it, but it says so much.

[Apollo5600]

It’s an ancient alien landing site. Call Colonel O’Niel and Tielk.

[SMARTY]

Here we go!! Now wtch for the guy with the wild hair on ‘Ancient Aliens’ to flesh out another bizzare scenario about what it is

[FReepaholic]

...may have been used as a temple...

Or not.

[Adder]

According to commenter Wayne, its a theater, CLEARLY.

LOL

[SueRae]

Kinda neat. I don’t recall a single Roman structure without square, rectangular or circular features. This is the first parallelogram I’ve seen.

[Fresh Wind]

1800 years ago, someone decided to play a trick on the archeologists of the future.

[oh8eleven]

Nothing like it has been discovered before from the Roman Empire.
The first Y-MCA. Who knew?

[blueunicorn6]

If they find a big rubberband by it, then it was a slingshot that fell over.

[Oratam]

It looks as though those wings are only one room wide.

Perhaps the builders were trying to maximize the villa's exposure to sunlight in those high latitudes. The eastern walls in both wings would be warmed by the morning sun while the western walls would get it in the afternoon.

It's a cool, damp climate, one in which the Romans might have craved sunlight, so unlike the Mediterranean where they would've sought shelter from it.

[blueunicorn6]

I was watching HGTV the other day so I know that these were kitchens added-on so that the homeowner could rent out part of the house to help pay his mortgage. Those $40,000 additions seem to increase the house value by $300,000. I’m adding four kitchens to my house.

[strongbow]

I didn’t see any mention of where in Norfolk this is located. I suppose they are trying to keep the location secret until excavation is complete.

[Lee'sGhost]

That middle picture...doesn’t that look like the footprint left by a Klingon Bird of Prey?

[Scythian]

Probably some Roman figured out he could get a grant to build some half baked building he had drawn up. Rome was giving out grants for silly stuff all the time back then. Eventually they raised the debt ceiling one too many times and well, uh ..., you know the rest of the story.

[colorado tanker]

The article indicates that the foundation was insubstantial and the roof was light, probably thatch. That would suggest the possibility of a temporary structure. The site is on a hill above the city. Perhaps to host a ceremony of some kind? The V shape almost suggests a theater.

[ApplegateRanch]

It was a prototype, built by Guilliamo Winchesterus, famed Roman inventor of the repeater crossbow.

It resulted in a family tradition of bizarre residences for a long line of inventor-builder descendants, that culminated in the early 20th Century, in America.