Vindocladia Roman Town
Vindocladia Roman Town is an archaeological site in Shapwick, East Dorset District, England. Vindocladia Roman Town is situated nearby to the archaeological site Vindocladia Roman Fort, as well as near The Charles Bennett Village Green.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew and Badbury Rings.
Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew
Church
Photo: Steve Rigg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Vindocladia Roman Town.
Badbury Rings
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east Dorset, England. It was in the territory of the Durotriges. In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort, and there was a Romano-British town known as Vindocladia a short distance to the south-west. Badbury Rings is situated 1¼ miles east of Vindocladia Roman Town.
Philae obelisk
Obelisk
Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Philae obelisk is one of a pair of twin obelisks erected at Philae in Upper Egypt in the second century BC. It was discovered by William John Bankes in 1815, who had it brought to Kingston Lacy in Dorset, England, where it still stands today. Philae obelisk is situated 2 miles east of Vindocladia Roman Town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spetisbury and Tarrant Rushton.
Spetisbury
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spetisbury is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour and the A350, four miles southeast of Blandford Forum. According to the Domesday Book of 1086, the village had 30 households. Spetisbury is situated 2 miles west of Vindocladia Roman Town.
Tarrant Rushton
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarrant Rushton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. The village is situated in the Tarrant Valley about three miles east of Blandford Forum. Tarrant Rushton is situated 2½ miles north of Vindocladia Roman Town.
Almer
Hamlet
Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Almer is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sturminster Marshall, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Almer is situated 3 miles southwest of Vindocladia Roman Town.
Vindocladia Roman Town
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shapwick, East Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.81967° or 50° 49′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.08041° or 2° 4′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C2VRW99+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 4234548879OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vindocladia Roman Fort and The Charles Bennett Village Green.
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