The villa may have formed a pair with a villa discovered at Downton 8 km to the northeast. Rockbourne and Downton may well have controlled extensive pasture land on their respective sides of the River Avon. Excavations approximately 1.5 km to the southeast of Rockbourne at Allen's Farm show that pottery was being produced in kilns during the late 3rd century. Such a close proximity to the villa at Rockbourne suggests that the pottery kilns may have been part of the villa estate.