Hampshire
Basingstoke & Deane
Mortimer West End

Calleva Atrebatum

Calleva Atrebatum was an Iron Age oppidum, the capital of the Atrebates tribe. It then became a walled town in the Roman province of Britannia, at a major crossroads of the roads of southern Britain.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Romano-British settlement
  • Also known as: “Silchester”, “Silchester (The Inner Earthwork)”, and “Silchester Roman town”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Silchester Amphitheatre and Old Manor Farmhouse.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 1,700 feet east of Calleva Atrebatum.

House
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is situated 1,200 feet east of Calleva Atrebatum.

Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small univallate Iron Age hillfort to the north of , Calleva Atrebatum, Roman town in the English county of . A single bank covers all sides apart from the south east, and is at the most about 5 feet high on the western edge. is situated 1 mile northwest of Calleva Atrebatum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silchester and Pamber Heath.

Village
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is a village and civil parish about 5 miles north of in . It is adjacent to the county boundary with and about 9 miles southwest of .

Village
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is a village in north , England. Situated within the civil parish of , the village lies at the north end of . is situated 1½ miles west of Calleva Atrebatum.

Village
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, generally referred to as Mortimer, is a village in the civil parish of in . Mortimer is in the local government district of and is seven miles south-west of . is situated 1½ miles northeast of Calleva Atrebatum.

Calleva Atrebatum

Latitude
51.35732° or 51° 21′ 26″ north
Longitude
-1.0823° or 1° 4′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C3W9W49+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 134417293
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1027253
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Spanish—“Calleva Atrebatum” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Calleva Atrebatum”
  • Catalan: “Calleva Atrebatum”
  • Chinese: “阿特雷巴特之都”
  • Dutch: “Calleva Atrebatum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاليفا اتريباتيم”
  • French: “Calleva Atrebatum”
  • German: “Calleva Atrebatum”
  • German: “Silchester”
  • Italian: “Calleva Atrebatum”
  • Italian: “Silchester città romana”
  • Italian: “Silchester”
  • Japanese: “カッレウァ・アトレバトゥム”
  • Latin: “Calleva Atrebatum”
  • Latin: “Calleva”
  • Russian: “Каллева”
  • Spanish: “Calleva Atrebatum”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Calleva Atrebatum”. Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.