Corinium Roman town

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History & significance

Corinium is a Romano-British town located at Cirencester in Gloucestershire, founded in the first century AD as a military establishment and subsequently developed into one of the most important settlements in Roman Britain. The site served as the capital of the Cotswold region and achieved significant prosperity during the second and third centuries, becoming the second-largest town in Roman Britain by area after Londinium. Substantial remains of the town's defences, including portions of the stone wall constructed in the late second century, survive within and beneath the modern town. Extensive archaeological investigation has revealed evidence of housing, shops, temples and other civic structures, with many finds now preserved in the Corinium Museum, demonstrating the town's considerable wealth and cosmopolitan character during the Roman occupation.

Corinium Roman town is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003426. View the official record →

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