Roman sites in Great Britain explained
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 road
- Dere Street, Roman road
- Ermine Street, Roman road
- Fosse Way, Roman road
- Icknield Street, Roman Road
- Stane Street (Chichester), Roman road
- Stane Street (Colchester), Roman road
- Stanegate, Roman road that pre-dates Hadrian's Wall
- Watling Street, Roman road
- Bancroft Park, Milton Keynes. Romano-British villa
- Magiovinium, Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes
- 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
- 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 museum
- Great Dunmow
- Heybridge, Maldon (Anglo-Saxon: Tidwalditun)
- Othona (Roman Bradwell-on-Sea)
See main article: List of Roman Sites in Lincolnshire.
London
- Aesica, Roman fort, north of Haltwhistle
- Bremenium, High Rochester
- Carrawburgh, Mithraeum temple by Hadrian's Wall
- Chesters Bridge, Roman bridge abutment by Chesters Roman Fort (Cilurnum), Northumberland
- Chew Green, Roman Camps in the Cheviots
- Cilurnum, Northumberland
- Coria, Corbridge. Roman site and museum
- Devil's Causeway, Roman road to Berwick upon Tweed
- Featherwood Roman Camps, on Dere Street between Chew Green and Bremenium
- Habitancum, 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 Haltwhistle
- Magnis (Carvoran Roman Fort)
- Roman Army Museum north of Haltwhistle at Carvoran
- Vercovicium, (or Housesteads Roman Fort) was an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall
- Vindolanda, a fort on the Stanegate Roman road pre-dating Hadrian's Wall nearby, with exceptional Roman finds in its museum
- Vindobala, 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 ramparts
See East Sussex, West Sussex
Scotland
- Antonine Wall
- Auchendavy
- Bar Hill Fort
- Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort, North Lanarkshire
- Castlehill Fort
- Croy Hill
- Inchtuthil, Perth and Kinross
- Mumrills
- Oakwood Roman Fort and Camp, near Selkirk, Scottish Borders
- Seabegs Wood
- Trimontium, Newstead, Melrose, Scottish Borders
- Watling Lodge
- Roman Bath House, Bearsden
- Rough Castle Fort, near Tamfourhill
- Cramond Roman Fort excavations
- Cawdor (Roman Fort), near Inverness
Inveresk 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 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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