Roman sites in the United Kingdom

There are many Roman sites in the United Kingdom 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

• 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

See also

• List of Roman place names in Britain
• List of Latin place names in Britain
• Roman Britain
• Sub-Roman Britain
• Roman Scotland
• Roman Wales
• Romano-Celtic Temple

Major towns of Roman Britain Placenames in brackets are either present-day names or counties where the towns formerly existed. Capitals Britannia Superior Londinium (London) Britannia Inferior Eboracum (York) Camulodunum (Colchester) Surviving Caesaromagus (Chelmsford) Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester) Deva Victrix (Chester) Durovernum Cantiacorum (Canterbury) Durnovaria (Dorchester) Glevum (Gloucester) Isca Augusta (Caerleon) Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) Isurium Brigantum (Aldborough) Lactodurum (Towcester) Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) Luguvalium (Carlisle) Moridunum (Carmarthen) Noviomagus Reginorum (Chichester) Petuaria (Brough-on-Humber) Ratae Corieltauvorum (Leicester) Venta Belgarum (Winchester) Venta Silurum (Caerwent) Verulamium (St Albans) Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) Extinct Alchester (Wendlebury) Bannaventa (Northamptonshire) Calleva Atrebatum (Hampshire) Cunetio (Wiltshire) Venta Icenorum (Norfolk) List of Roman place names in Britain

Roman visitor sites in the UK Villas Bignor Brading Chedworth Crofton Dover Painted House Fishbourne Great Witcombe Littlecote Lullingstone Newport Piddington Rockbourne Sparsholt Wroxeter Forts & military Arbeia Binchester Birdoswald Burgh Castle Caerleon Chesters Derventio Dover Castle Eboracum Housesteads Lunt Carvoran Roman Army Museum Pevensey Castle Portchester Castle Ribchester Richborough Segedunum Venta Icenorum Vindolanda Towns Aldborough Roman Site Colchester Corbridge Silchester Venta Icenorum St Albans Wroxeter Museums Canterbury Roman Museum Carvoran Roman Army Museum Colchester Castle Museum Corinium Museum Jewry Wall Museum Ribchester Senhouse Roman Museum Trimontium Trust (Melrose) Verulamium Museum Other sites Bath Roman Baths Caerleon Roman Baths Jewry Wall, Leicester Welwyn Roman Baths York Roman Baths