Roman Britain

51 places across Britain and Ireland

• Ackling DykeCranborne Chase, Dorset · One of the best-preserved Roman roads in Britain, near Yeovil.
• Arbeia Roman FortSouth Shields, Tyne and Wear · The supply base for Hadrian's Wall, with a rebuilt Roman gatehouse.
• Ardoch Roman FortBraco, Perthshire · The best-preserved Roman fort earthworks in the Roman Empire.
• Bignor Roman VillaNear Pulborough, West Sussex · Found by a farmer's plough, with some of Britain's finest mosaics.
• Birdoswald Roman FortHadrian's Wall, Cumbria · A fort that may have lived on after the Romans left.
• Blackstone Edge Roman RoadNear Littleborough, Greater Manchester · A paved road climbing the Pennines, with a mysterious groove down the middle.
• Brading Roman VillaBrading, Isle of Wight · A villa with a mysterious mosaic of a man with a cockerel's head.
• Brecon GaerNear Brecon, Powys · A Roman cavalry fort whose gates still stand in a farmyard.
• Burgh CastleNear Great Yarmouth, Norfolk · A Roman shore fort guarding the coast against Saxon raiders.
• BurnswarkNear Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway · A hillfort bombarded by Roman slingshots and catapults.
• Caer GybiHolyhead, Anglesey · A Roman naval fort whose walls still surround a church.
• Caerleon Roman FortressCaerleon, Newport · A Roman legion's base, with an amphitheatre linked to King Arthur.
• CaerwentCaerwent, Monmouthshire · A Roman market town with some of the best Roman walls in Britain.
• CamulodunumColchester, Essex · Roman Britain's first capital, burned by Boudicca.
• Carmarthen Roman AmphitheatreCarmarthen · One of only seven surviving Roman amphitheatres in the UK.
• Chedworth Roman VillaNear Cheltenham, Gloucestershire · A Cotswold villa with mosaics, hot baths and a sacred spring.
• Chester Roman AmphitheatreChester, Cheshire · The largest Roman amphitheatre in Britain.
• Chesters Roman FortHadrian's Wall, Northumberland · A cavalry fort with the best Roman bath house in Britain.
• Chew GreenCheviot Hills, Northumberland · Lonely Roman camps on Dere Street, high on the border.
• Cirencester Roman AmphitheatreCirencester, Gloucestershire · An amphitheatre for 8,000 in the second-biggest town in Roman Britain.
• Corbridge Roman TownCorbridge, Northumberland · A supply town where Dere Street met the Stanegate.
• Dolaucothi Gold MinesPumsaint, Carmarthenshire · The only known Roman gold mine in Britain.
• Dorchester Roman Town HouseDorchester, Dorset · The only complete Roman town house on view in Britain.
• DrumanaghNear Loughshinny, County Dublin · Did the Romans have a base in Ireland?
• Fishbourne Roman PalaceNear Chichester, West Sussex · The largest Roman home in Britain, perhaps built for a British king.
• Hardknott Roman FortHardknott Pass, Cumbria · A fort with a breathtaking view, on one of England's steepest roads.
• High CrossNear Lutterworth, Leicestershire · The crossroads at the centre of Roman Britain, where the Fosse Way meets Watling Street.
• Hod HillNear Blandford, Dorset · A Roman fort built inside an Iron Age hillfort the Romans had stormed.
• Housesteads Roman FortHadrian's Wall, Northumberland · The best-preserved fort on Hadrian's Wall, with Britain's oldest toilets.
• InchtuthilNear Caputh, Perthshire · An abandoned legionary fortress, where the Romans buried a million nails.
• LetocetumWall, near Lichfield, Staffordshire · A Roman staging post on Watling Street with a bath house.
• Lullingstone Roman VillaEynsford, Kent · A villa with one of the earliest Christian chapels in Britain.
• Newport ArchLincoln · A Roman gateway that traffic still drives through.
• Portchester CastlePortchester, Hampshire · The best-preserved Roman fort walls in northern Europe.
• RibchesterRibchester, Lancashire · A Roman cavalry fort where a boy found a famous helmet.
• Richborough Roman FortNear Sandwich, Kent · Where the Roman invasion landed, and Britain's gateway to the Empire.
• SegontiumCaernarfon, Gwynedd · A fort at the edge of the Roman world, linked to a Welsh legend.
• SilchesterNear Basingstoke, Hampshire · A Roman town that was simply abandoned, and its walls still stand.
• Sycamore GapHadrian's Wall, Northumberland · Britain's most famous tree, felled overnight in an act of vandalism.
• The Antonine WallRough Castle, near Falkirk · Rome's most northerly frontier, a turf wall across Scotland.
• The Cramond LionessCramond, Edinburgh · A Roman tomb sculpture found by a ferryman in the river.
• The Hinton St Mary MosaicHinton St Mary, Dorset · Perhaps the earliest picture of Christ ever found in Britain.
• The London MithraeumWalbrook, City of London · A temple to a secret Roman god, beneath a City office block.
• The Temple of NodensLydney Park, Gloucestershire · A healing temple, a cursed ring, and a young Tolkien.
• Tomen y MurNear Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd · A remote Roman fort with an amphitheatre, later topped by a Norman mound.
• TrimontiumNewstead, near Melrose · A Roman fort that gave up dazzling cavalry helmets.
• VerulamiumSt Albans, Hertfordshire · A Roman city with the only visible Roman theatre in Britain.
• VindolandaNear Bardon Mill, Northumberland · Where Roman letters written on wooden tablets survived for 2,000 years.
• Wade's CausewayWheeldale Moor, North York Moors · A road across the moors, said to have been built by a giant.
• Wroxeter Roman CityNear Shrewsbury, Shropshire · Once the fourth-largest city in Roman Britain, at the end of Watling Street.
• Y PigwnNear Trecastle, Powys · Two Roman marching camps high on the Black Mountain.