By approximately 1000 B.C., the era of tranquillity from the past was slowly fading away. A new period of unrest was on the rise, leading to the transformation of traditional open farmsteads into fortified settlements. The necessity to defend these settlements likely arose due to the intensifying conflicts over the fertile lowlands. These disputes were […]

Often enclosing huge areas within massive banks and ditches, these must have represented an immense investment of time and labour for the communities that built them. Typically reaching between one and six hectares (equivalent to about eight football pitches) in size, some of the biggest such as in Dorset were many times as big again. […]

In Roman Britain there were two broad types of places of worship, temples and shrines. Classical temples were mostly erected in urban centres while shrines and Romano-Celtic temples were often located in rural areas. Shrines in Roman Britain A shrine was also holy place dedicated to a spirit of god while a temple was dedicated […]

The Romans built towns, cities, forts and, of course, their famously straight roads.

This page lists the Roman Forts and Fortlets in Wales

A castrum was designed to house and protect the soldiers, their equipment and supplies when they were not fighting or marching. This page lists the Roman Forts in Scotland.

The following table contains the names, grid references, dimensions and enclosed areas of every known Roman camp in England. A separate description of each camp is available by clicking on its name.

This page contains the names, grid references, dimensions and enclosed areas of every known Roman camp in Wales.

When the Roman army was busy conquering the ancient world it lived out-of-doors in large, temporary encampments which were occupied for only a short period while local resistance was quashed before the army moved off again to a new location where, after a day's steady march, another marching camp would be erected. There is evidence for over 200 such temporary camps in Scotland alone.