Saturday, 01.05.2004 - Oberentfelden, Aargau

In the early 1st century AD was built a farm on the contemporary field Muarcher.

The mansion was on an gentle hill and orientated to northwest. Its heart building was 43 to 11.5 meters large. It had a living-tract and uphill a porticus and two corner projections. On the main side (valley direction) existed, between two corner projections-like staircases, a terrace of 42 to 12 meters. Before that was possibly a second porticus. In a second building stage was built a bath-tract in the northeast part of the mansion. It hat several rooms.

The living rooms had a mortar ground. A majority of the walls must have been covered with marble slabs.

In the prolongation of the southwest corner projection was constructed in the 2nd century a separate bath-building. From initially 14 to 12.70 meters it was enlarged to 19 x 20 meters. It was connected with the main building by a corridor.

Along the longitudinal walls of the enclosure were dwelling houses and economy buildings on both sides. In the northwest stood a gate tower which formed the entry. The way led directly to a nymphaeum which stood within a peristyle. This was 100 meters west of the mansion.

The whole construction had a surface from 480 to 160 meters. The enclosed economy courtyard was 340 to 160 meters large.

The farm was in part destroyed in the 3rd century, but, however, obvious used to the middle of the 4th century.

Today is only visible a part of the southwest corner of the enclosure.

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