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The Peak District, located in central England in the United Kingdom, is the site of several Roman settlements, forts, roads and Romano-British farms. List Settlements Roman towns recorded in the Ravenna Cosmography's list of all known places in the world in about 700 AD. Name Location Notes Photo Aquae Arnametiae Buxton The settlement was based around its natural warm springs. The Roman ...
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 ...
The name of the remains of a Neolithic chambered long barrow on Blue Bell Hill near Aylesford. Lullingstone Roman Villa: Roman Villa: 1st century Ruins A villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain, situated near the village of Eynsford. The ruins contain a Roman temple-mausoleum, one of the earliest known chapels in the country.
Roman ruins at Viroconium Cornoviorum, photographed during excavation by Francis Bedford and digitally restored. According to English Heritage, the photograph dates to 1859 and none of the hypocaust system extant in this photograph has survived today as the modern pilae stacks are replicas of the originals, which were taken by souvenir hunters during the late 19th century.
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The period of Roman rule left a variety of scheduled monuments, including the remains of settlements at Heronbridge and Wilderspool, and parts of Chester city walls. Definite or possible Roman military camps have been revealed by aerial photography showing cropmarks and parchmarks .
Roman artefacts from the site are on display in the Whitchurch Heritage Centre. [2] It is believed the present day Pepper Street had Roman origins. A common name in former Roman settlements it is a derivation of the Roman Via Piperatica, the street on which pepper and spices were sold. [3]
Traditional arrangement of the Roman provinces after Camden, [1] This is a list of cities in Great Britain during the period of Roman occupation from 43 AD to the 5th century. Roman cities were known as civitas in Latin. They were mostly fortified settlements where native tribal peoples lived, governed by the Roman officials.