Dymock (Macatonium) Roman Settlement
Minor Settlement
Macatonium was the Romano-British settlement at Dymock which probably developed in ribbon fashion along the Roman road, which may have joined the road from the north at a junction so far undiscovered. Numerous finds of Roman material and coins have been made over many years, including the discovery circa 1900 of a skeleton with a denarius of Carausius lying near the skull. In 1951 a rubbish pit containing 2 – 4th century pottery and a 3rd century glass jug (identified by the Ashmolean museum), slag, iron and oyster shells were unearthed during sewerage work on Longbridge Farm.
Roman Roads near Macatonium
Possible road: SW (6) to Ariconivm NNW (8) to Stretton Grandison SE (12) to Glevvm (Gloucester, Gloucestershire)
Sites near Dymock (Macatonium) Roman Settlement
- Midsummer Hill Camp (9 km)
- Ariconium (10 km)
Major Settlement - Capler Camp (11 km)
Iron Age Hillfort - Canon Frome (Stretton Grandison) Roman Fort (13 km)
Claudian Auxiliary Fort (AD 43–54) and Minor Settlement - Kingsholm Vexillation Fortress (18 km)
Vexillation Fort - Gloucester (Colonia Glevum) Roman Settlement (18 km)
Colonia and Legionary Fort - Huntsham Villa (19 km)
Villa - Howsell (20 km)
Pottery - Little Doward Camp (22 km)
- Sutton Walls Hill Fort (23 km)
Iron Age Hillfort