Roman sites in the United Kingdom
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Main Roman cities and roads in Roman Britain, according to the "Antonine Itinerary"
There are many Roman sites in the United Kingdom that are open to the public. There are many sites that do not require special access, including Roman roads, and sites that have not been uncovered.
[edit] England
- Ambleside Roman Fort (Galava), Cumbria
- Aesica, Roman fort, north of Haltwhistle, Northumberland
- Agricola's Ditch, The Vallum on Hadrian's Wall was mistakenly attributed to Agricola before the late 19th century
- Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields
- Ardotalia (Melandra Castle), Derbyshire
- Aquae Sulis (Roman Bath, Somerset)
- Bancroft Park, Milton Keynes. Romano-British villa
- Bignor Roman Villa, Pulborough, Sussex
- Birdoswald Roman Fort (Banna), Cumbria. Part of Hadrian's Wall
- Binchester Roman Fort, (called Vinovia by the Romans), Roman fort north of Bishop Auckland, County Durham
- Borough Hill roman villa, Daventry, Northamptonshire
- Bourne-Morton Canal (visible only as alignment and crop marks)
- Brading Roman Villa, Brading, Isle of Wight
- Bremenium, High Rochester, Northumberland
- Brough-on-Noe, Derbyshire
- Burgh Castle, Suffolk
- Burrington, Somerset
- Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk
- Caistor St. Edmund, Norfolk
- Calleva Atrebatum, Hampshire
- 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
- Carlisle Roman Dig, Carlisle Castle, Cumbria
- Carrawburgh, Mithraeum temple by Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland
- Charterhouse Roman Town and Mining Settlement, Somerset
- Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Chester Roman Amphitheatre, Cheshire
- Chesters Bridge, Roman bridge by Chesters Roman Fort (Cilurnum), Northumberland
- Chew Green, Roman Camps, Northumberland
- Cilurnum, Northumberland
- Concangis, Chester-Le-Street, County Durham
- Coria, Corbridge, Northumberland. Roman site and museum
- Corinium Dobunnorum, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
- Crofton Roman Villa, Orpington, Kent
- Cunetio, Mildenhall, Wiltshire, Wiltshire
- Dere Street, Roman road
- Devil's Causeway, Roman road in Northumberland
- Dolebury Warren, Somerset
- Dubris (Roman Dover), Kent
- Durnovaria, Dorchester, Dorset
- Ermine Street, Roman road
- Fishbourne Roman Palace, Fishbourne, West Sussex
- Fosse Way, Roman road
- Gadebridge Park Roman Villa, Hertfordshire
- Gariannonum, Norfolk
- Great Witcombe Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
- Glevum (Roman Gloucester). Colonia Nervia Glevensium, Roman walls
- Habitancum, Roman fort at Risingham, Northumberland
- Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland and Cumbria
- Ham Hill, Somerset
- Hardknott Roman Fort (Mediobogdum), Eskdale, Cumbria
- High Cross, Leicestershire, meeting point of Roman roads
- Housesteads (Vercovicium), Northumberland
- Hunnum, (also known as Onnum, and with the modern name of Haltonchesters), Roman fort north of Halton, Northumberland
- Isca Dumnoniorum (Roman Exeter), Devon. Parts of city wall (overlaid with medieval construction)
- Jewry Wall, Leicester
- Lactodurum, Towcester, Northamptonshire
- Lagentium, Castleford, West Yorkshire
- Letocetum, near Lichfield, Staffordshire
- Lindinis (Roman Ilchester), Somerset
- Littlecote Roman Villa, Wiltshire
- London Wall, London
- Longovicium, Lanchester, County Durham, Roman fort with reservoirs, dams and aqueducts
- Low Ham Roman Villa, Somerset
- Lullingstone Roman Villa, Kent
- Lunt Fort, near Coventry, Warwickshire
- Lydney Park, Gloucestershire. Roman temples
- Melandra Castle, Derbyshire
- Magiovinium, Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes
- Magnis (Carvoran Roman Fort), Northumberland
- Moridunum, Axminster, Devon
- Newcastle Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newport Arch, Lincoln
- Noviomagus Reginorum (Roman Chichester), West Sussex
- Pevensey Roman Fort (Anderitum), Pevensey, East Sussex
- Piddington Roman Villa, Northamptonshire
- Piercebridge Roman Bridge, next to Piercebridge Roman Fort, Piercebridge, County Durham
- Piercebridge Roman Fort, Piercebridge, County Durham
- Pomeroy Wood, Devon
- Portchester Roman Fort (Portus Adurni), Portchester, Hampshire
- Reculver Roman Fort, Reculver, Kent
- Bremetennacum, Ribchester, Lancashire
- Rockbourne Roman Villa, Fordingbridge, Hampshire
- Roman Army Museum, Haltwhistle, Northumberland
- Roman Baths, Bath, Somerset
- Rutupiæ (Roman Richborough), Kent
- Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, North Tyneside
- Stanegate, Roman road
- Temple of Mithras, London
- Templeborough, South Yorkshire
- Tripontium, near Rugby, Warwickshire
- Uley, Gloucestershire
- Venta Belgarum Winchester, Hampshire
- Vercovicium, (or Housesteads Roman Fort) was an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland
- Verulamium, near St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Vindolanda, Northumberland
- Vinovia, (Binchester Roman Fort), Roman fort north of Bishop Auckland, County Durham
- Vindobala, Roman fort at Rudchester, Northumberland
- Vindomora, Roman fort at Ebchester, County Durham
- Viroconium Cornoviorum, Wroxeter, Shropshire
- Walls Castle (Roman Bath House), Ravenglass, Cumbria
- Waddon Hill, near Beaminster, Dorset
- Watling Street, Roman road
- Welwyn Roman baths (part of Dicket Mead Villa), Hertfordshire
- Whitehall Farm Roman villa, Northamptonshire
- Woodbury Farm Roman Fort, near Axminster, Devon
- Woodchester Roman Villa, Woodchester, near Stroud, Gloucestershire
[edit] Scotland
- 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
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