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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 →
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. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003426.
Corinium Roman town 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 1003426.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement E of Ashtonfield (Cotswold Community) (6.4 km), Medieval cross 40m east of Holy Cross Church (7.5 km), Hall's Close: a ringwork and bailey 100m west of Kentend Farm (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Corinium Roman town'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.
Corinium Roman town stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.