V letih 1992 in 1993 je Koroški pokrajinski muzej v sodelovanju z Zavodom za varstvo kulturne dediščine Slovenije, OE Maribor izvedel zaščitne arheološke raziskave. Odkrit je bil del rimske vile z gospodarskimi objekti in zahodni del reprezentančne stavbe. Od leta 1998 do 2002 je Koroški pokrajinski muzej nadaljeval s sondažnimi raziskavami v okviru Mladinskega raziskovalnega tabora Mislinja. Vila v Zgornjih Dovžah je najbolje raziskana podeželska posest iz obdobja od konca 1. do 2. stoletja po Kr. na današnjem Koroškem ozemlju.
Fotografije: arhiv Koroškega pokrajinskega muzeja
In 1992 and 1993, the Carinthian Regional Museum and the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Maribor Regional Office, conducted preventive archaeological research. They discovered a part of a Roman villa, which also included a structure for economic activity and the west wing of a public building. Between 1998 and 2002, the Carinthian Regional Museum continued their research using probes. This was done during the Mislinja research camp for younger people. The villa in Zgornje Dovže is the most researched countryside estate from the end of the 1st to the 2nd century AD in todays Koroška region.
Photographs: the Carinthian Regional Museum archive
