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Alchester Roman parade ground, access road and marching camp is a Romano-British military installation located near Bicester in Oxfordshire. The site comprises elements of a Roman auxiliary fort and associated training facilities, dating to the early Imperial period when Roman forces occupied Britain. The parade ground and access road represent infrastructure characteristic of Roman military organisation, whilst the marching camp indicates temporary occupation or manoeuvres by Roman troops. The monument survives as earthwork remains and represents an important record of Roman military presence and activity in the Midlands region during the occupation of Roman Britain.
Alchester Roman parade ground, access road and marching camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1443650. View the official record →
Alchester Roman parade ground, access road and marching camp is a Romano-British military installation located near Bicester in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1443650.
Alchester Roman parade ground, access road and marching camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1443650.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Alchester Roman site (0.9 km), Wretchwick deserted medieval settlement (2.1 km), Ambrosden churchyard cross (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Alchester Roman parade ground, access road and marching camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Alchester Roman parade ground, access road and marching camp stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.