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Portchester Castle

Portchester, Hampshire

The best-preserved Roman fort walls in northern Europe.

Portchester was built by the Romans in the late 200s as one of the 'Saxon Shore' forts guarding the coast against raiders. Its walls still stand almost to their full height, the best-preserved Roman fort walls in northern Europe.

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When
Late 200s AD
Where
50.8370, -1.1140
Group
Roman Britain

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Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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