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Breeze, A., "Durnovaria, the Roman name of Dorchester", Notes & Queries for Somerset & Dorset 35.4 pp 69–72. Trevarthen, M. (2008), Suburban life in Roman Durnovaria: Excavations at the former County Hospital Site, Dorchester, Dorset 2000–2001 , Trust for Wessex Archaeology, ISBN 978-1874350460
Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. ... Roman sites in Dorset (1 C, 6 P) Ruins in Dorset ... Dorset Cursus; Durnovaria; Duropolis; F.
The Roman Town House in Dorchester is a Roman ruin within Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, England. Dorset County Council acquired Colliton Park in 1933 as the site for the construction of County Hall. The Town House was discovered in 1937/38 during an archaeological investigation carried out by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological ...
The Town Walks are registered at Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens; [1] the corresponding Roman walls are a scheduled monument. [ 3 ] The Walks follow the west and south sides, and part of the north and east sides, of the original rectangular defences.
A Roman-inspired menu might include a fermented fish sauce called “garum” and dormouse—a gutted mouse stuffed with pork mince and baked. Dormouse is still served in Croatia and Slovenia.
The northern and eastern sides of the hillfort's outer defences were damaged by the construction of the Roman aqueduct which supplied the settlement of Durnovaria (Dorchester) with fresh water from a reservoir around 4.5 km (2.8 mi) away. The aqueduct terrace, situated on the northeast-facing slope of the Frome valley, has a very slight ...
The Durotriges were one of the Celtic tribes living in Britain prior to the Roman invasion.The tribe lived in modern Dorset, south Wiltshire, south Somerset and Devon east of the River Axe and the discovery of an Iron Age hoard in 2009 at Shalfleet, Isle of Wight gives evidence that they may also have lived in the western half of the island.
This list includes places in Great Britain (including neighbouring islands such as the Isle of Man), some of which were part of the Roman Empire, or were later given Latin place names in historical references.