Roman sites in Great Britain
Main Roman cities and roads in Roman Britain, according to the "Antonine Itinerary " There are many Roman sites in Great Britain that 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.
England
Hadrian's Wall , Northumberland and Cumbria The Vallum ditch and mounds adjoining Hadrian's Wall . It was mistakenly attributed to Agricola before the late 19th century, but in fact was the work of Hadrian .
Batham Gate , Roman roadDere Street , Roman roadErmine Street , Roman roadFosse Way , Roman roadIcknield Street , Roman RoadStane Street (Chichester) , Roman roadStane Street (Colchester) , Roman roadStanegate , Roman road that pre-dates Hadrian's WallWatling Street , Roman roadArbeia 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 aqueductsPiercebridge Roman Bridge , next to Piercebridge Roman Fort , PiercebridgePiercebridge Roman Fort , PiercebridgeVinovia , (Binchester Roman Fort), Roman fort north of Bishop Auckland Vindomora , Roman fort at Ebchester Belgic oppidum (Roman Braintree )
Caesaromagus (Roman Chelmsford ). A Roman fort was built in AD 60, and a civilian town grew up around it. The town was given the name of Caesaromagus (the market place of Caesar), although the reason for it being given the great honour of bearing the Imperial prefix is now unclear – possibly as a failed 'planned town' provincial capital to replace Londinium or Camulodunum .
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 museumGreat Dunmow Heybridge, Maldon (Anglo-Saxon: Tidwalditun)Othona (Roman Bradwell-on-Sea )Aesica , Roman fort, north of Haltwhistle Bremenium , High RochesterCarrawburgh , Mithraeum temple by Hadrian's Wall Chesters Bridge , Roman bridge abutment by Chesters Roman Fort (Cilurnum ), NorthumberlandChew Green , Roman Camps in the Cheviots Cilurnum , Northumberland Coria , Corbridge. Roman site and museumDevil's Causeway , Roman road to Berwick upon Tweed Featherwood Roman Camps , on Dere Street between Chew Green and BremeniumHabitancum , Roman fort at Risingham Housesteads (Vercovicium)Hunnum , (also known as Onnum, and with the modern name of Haltonchesters), Roman fort north of Halton Lees Hall Roman Camp near HaltwhistleMagnis (Carvoran Roman Fort)Roman Army Museum north of Haltwhistle at Carvoran Vercovicium , (or Housesteads Roman Fort) was an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's WallVindolanda , a fort on the Stanegate Roman road pre-dating Hadrian's Wall nearby, with exceptional Roman finds in its museumVindobala , Roman fort at Rudchester Whitley Castle , also known as Epiacum, a Roman fort at the southern edge of Northumberland on the Maiden Way Roman road, with remarkable earthen rampartsA reconstruction of Templeborough Roman Fort which covered an area of 2.2 hectares (5.5 acres) when it was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century.[ 1] See East Sussex, West Sussex
Scotland
Antonine Wall Auchendavy Bar Hill Fort Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort , North LanarkshireCastlehill Fort Croy Hill Inchtuthil , Perth and KinrossMumrills Oakwood Roman Fort and Camp , near Selkirk, Scottish BordersSeabegs Wood Trimontium , Newstead, Melrose, Scottish BordersWatling Lodge Roman Bath House, Bearsden
Rough Castle Fort , near Tamfourhill Cramond Roman Fort excavationsCawdor (Roman Fort) , near InvernessInveresk Mithreum, by Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/mithras-in-scotland-a-mithraeum-at-inveresk-east-lothian/544B6233F7F06415EE049C60A827C3C0
Wales
Abergavenny Roman fort , Gobannium Alabum Llandovery Roman fortBlestium Monmouth Roman fortCaer Gybi , Anglesey Roman fortCaerleon , Newport, Monmouthshire Roman fortress and amphitheatreCaersws Roman Forts , Powys Caerwent , Monmouthshire . Roman town - the only one in WalesCardiff Roman Fort Cold Knap , BarryCowbridge Roman Town probably BoviumDolaucothi Gold Mines , Carmarthenshire . Fort, settlement and museum.Gelligaer small Roman fortGateholm , Pembrokeshire Llan Ffestiniog , Gwynedd fort & amphitheatreLuentinum Roman fort at Pumsaint , Carmarthenshire Moridunum , Carmarthen Nidum , Neath, Glamorgan . Roman fortPenydarren , Merthyr Tydfil . Roman fortSarn Helen Roman road Segontium Roman Fort , Caernarfon Usk Burrium early legionary baseY Gaer, Brecon cavalry base
See also
Placenames in brackets are either present-day names or counties where the towns formerly existed.
Capitals
Surviving Extinct
Roman visitor sites in the UK
Villas Forts & military Towns Museums Other sites
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