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Roman sites in Great Britain

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Roman sites in Great Britain

There are many Roman sites in Great Britain are open to the public. There are also many sites that do not require special access, including Roman roads, and sites that have not been uncovered.

Contents

England

  • Agricola's Ditch, The Vallum on Hadrian's Wall was mistakenly attributed to Agricola before the late 19th century
  • Dere Street, Roman road
  • Ermine Street, Roman road
  • Fosse Way, Roman road
  • Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland and Cumbria
  • Stanegate, Roman road
  • Watling Street, Roman road

    • Buckinghamshire

  • Bancroft Park, Milton Keynes. Romano-British villa
  • Magiovinium, Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes

    • Cheshire

  • Chester Roman Amphitheatre

    • Cumbria

  • Ambleside Roman Fort
  • Birdoswald Roman Fort (Banna). Part of Hadrian's Wall
  • Carlisle Roman Dig, Carlisle Castle
  • Epiacum, Roman Fort at Whitley Castle, Alston
  • Hardknott Roman Fort (Mediobogdum), Eskdale
  • Walls Castle (Roman Bath House), Ravenglass

    • Derbyshire

  • Ardotalia (Melandra Castle)
  • Brough-on-Noe
  • Melandra Castle

    • Devon

  • Isca Dumnoniorum (Roman Exeter). Parts of city wall still exist (overlaid with medieval construction)
  • Moridunum, Axminster
  • Pomeroy Wood
  • Woodbury Farm Roman Fort, near Axminster

    • Dorset

  • Durnovaria, Dorchester
  • Jordan Hill, Romano-Celtic Temple
  • Waddon Hill, near Beaminster

    • Durham

  • Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields
  • Binchester Roman Fort, (called Vinovia by the Romans), Roman fort north of Bishop Auckland
  • Concangis, Chester-Le-Street
  • Longovicium, Lanchester, Roman fort with reservoirs, dams and aqueducts
  • Piercebridge Roman Bridge, next to Piercebridge Roman Fort, Piercebridge
  • Piercebridge Roman Fort, Piercebridge
  • Vinovia, (Binchester Roman Fort), Roman fort north of Bishop Auckland
  • Vindomora, Roman fort at Ebchester

    • East Sussex

  • Pevensey Roman Fort (Anderitum), Pevensey

    • Essex

  • Camulodunum (Roman Colchester). Oldest Roman wall in Britain, best-preserved Roman gateway in Britain, remains of two Roman theatres, oldest Roman church in UK and Castle museum

    • Gloucestershire

  • Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham
  • Corinium Dobunnorum, Cirencester
  • Great Witcombe Roman Villa
  • Glevum (Roman Gloucester). Colonia Nervia Glevensium, Roman walls
  • Lydney Park. Romano-Celtic Temple
  • Uley
  • Woodchester Roman Villa, Woodchester, near Stroud

    • Greater Manchester

  • Mamucium, Castlefield inner city conservation site, Manchester

    • Hampshire

  • Calleva Atrebatum
  • Portchester Roman Fort (Portus Adurni), Portchester
  • Rockbourne Roman Villa, Fordingbridge
  • Venta Belgarum Winchester

    • Hertfordshire

  • Gadebridge Park Roman Villa
  • Verulamium, near St Albans
  • Welwyn Roman baths (part of Dicket Mead Villa)

    • Isle of Wight

  • Brading Roman Villa, Brading

    • Kent

  • Crofton Roman Villa, Orpington
  • Dubris (Roman Dover)
  • Lullingstone Roman Villa
  • Reculver Roman Fort, Reculver
  • Rutupiæ (Roman Richborough)

    • Leicestershire

  • High Cross, meeting point of Roman roads
  • Jewry Wall, Leicester

    • Lancashire

  • Bremetennacum, Ribchester

    • Lincolnshire

  • Lincoln (Lindum Colonia), important Roman Colonia and capital of the province of Flavia Caesariensis
  • Bourne-Morton Canal (visible only as alignment and crop marks)
  • Caistor, Roman town and fort.
  • Car Dyke
  • Foss Dyke, Roman canal between Lincoln and the River Trent
  • Horncastle, Roman town and fort. Parts of the Roman walls remain.
  • Newport Arch, Lincoln
  • Sleaford, important Roman town.

    • London

  • Londinium (modern London)
  • London Wall, London
  • Temple of Mithras

    • Norfolk

  • Burgh Castle
  • Caister-on-Sea
  • Caistor St. Edmund
  • Gariannonum

    • Northamptonshire

  • Borough Hill Roman villa, Daventry
  • Lactodurum, Towcester
  • Piddington Roman Villa
  • Whitehall Farm Roman villa

    • Northumberland

  • Aesica, Roman fort, north of Haltwhistle
  • Bremenium, High Rochester
  • Carrawburgh, Mithraeum temple by Hadrian's Wall
  • Chesters Bridge, Roman bridge by Chesters Roman Fort (Cilurnum), Northumberland
  • Chew Green, Roman Camps
  • Cilurnum, Northumberland
  • Coria, Corbridge. Roman site and museum
  • Devil's Causeway, Roman road
  • Habitancum, Roman fort at Risingham
  • Housesteads (Vercovicium)
  • Hunnum, (also known as Onnum, and with the modern name of Haltonchesters), Roman fort north of Halton
  • Magnis (Carvoran Roman Fort)
  • Roman Army Museum, Haltwhistle
  • Vercovicium, (or Housesteads Roman Fort) was an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall
  • Vindolanda
  • Vindobala, Roman fort at Rudchester

    • North Yorkshire

  • Eboracum
  • Isurium Brigantum

    • Shropshire

  • Viroconium Cornoviorum, Wroxeter

    • Somerset

  • Aquae Sulis (Roman bath)
  • Burrington
  • Charterhouse Roman Town and Mining Settlement
  • Dolebury Warren
  • Ham Hill
  • Lindinis (Roman Ilchester)
  • Low Ham Roman Villa
  • Pagans Hill, Romano-Celtic Temple
  • Roman Baths, Bath

    • South Yorkshire

  • Templeborough

    • Staffordshire

  • Letocetum, near Lichfield

    • Sussex

  • Bignor Roman Villa, Pulborough

    • Tyne and Wear

  • Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend
  • Arbeia, Roman Fort, South Shields
  • Newcastle Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne

    • Warwickshire

  • Lunt Fort, near Coventry
  • Tripontium, near Rugby

    • West Sussex

  • Fishbourne Roman Palace, Fishbourne, West Sussex
  • Noviomagus Reginorum (Roman Chichester)

    • West Yorkshire

  • Lagentium, Castleford

    • Wiltshire

  • Cunetio, Mildenhall
  • Littlecote Roman Villa

    • Worcestershire

  • Overbury

    • Scotland

  • Antonine Wall
  • Inchtuthil, Perth and Kinross
  • Trimontium, Newstead, Melrose, Scottish Borders
  • Roman Bath House, Bearsden
  • Rough Castle Fort, near Tamfourhill
  • Cramond Roman Fort excavations
  • Cawdor (Roman Fort), near Inverness

    • Wales

  • Abergavenny Roman fort, Gobannium
  • Alabum Llandovery Roman fort
  • Blestium Monmouth Roman fort
  • Caer Gybi, Anglesey Roman fort
  • Caerleon, Newport, Monmouthshire Roman fortress and amphitheatre
  • Caersws Roman Forts, Powys
  • Caerwent, Monmouthshire. Roman town - the only one in Wales
  • Cardiff Roman Fort
  • Cold Knap, Barry
  • Cowbridge Roman Town probably Bovium
  • Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Carmarthenshire. Fort, settlement and museum.
  • Gelligaer small Roman fort
  • Gateholm, Pembrokeshire
  • Llan Ffestiniog, Gwynedd fort & amphitheatre
  • Luentinum Roman fort at Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire
  • Moridunum, Carmarthen
  • Nidum, Neath, Glamorgan. Roman fort
  • Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil. Roman fort
  • Sarn Helen Roman road
  • Segontium Roman Fort, Caernarfon
  • Usk Burrium early legionary base
  • Y Gaer, Brecon cavalry base

    • References

    Roman sites in Great Britain Wikipedia
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