Lunt Fort
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The Lunt Fort is a reconstructed Roman fort. It is located just outside the city boundaries of Coventry, in Warwickshire near the village of Baginton.
The site was discovered when large quantities of Roman pottery were discovered in the 1930s. Excavations in the 1960s discovered a sequence of Roman military camps on the site.
The fort is notable for the Gyrus, a large circular ring which was used for training horses, and is believed to be unique in Britain. In the early 1970s some walls of the fort were reconstructed upon the original foundations, and the site is open to the public.
There is a large steep bank just beyond the Northern boundary of the fort, which goes down to the River Sowe. From the fort at the top of the bank there are good views of the landscape north for 2 or 3 miles and buildings of Coventry city centre can be seen about 4 miles away.
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 The main gate to the fort - outer aspect |
 Main gain - inner aspect |
 A wooden building |
 The Gyrus is believed to have been used for training horses |
 A 360° view from inside the Gyrus |
[edit] External links
- Official site for visiting Lunt Roman Fort
- http://www.covkid.org.uk/lunt_roman_fort.htm
- Roman-Britain.org
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