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Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct is a Roman water management structure located in Dorset, England. The aqueduct dates to the Roman period and represents part of the infrastructure associated with Roman settlement and urban development in the region, likely serving to supply water to a significant Roman centre. The monument survives in fragmented form across its course, with only discontinuous sections remaining visible today, reflecting the effects of subsequent land use and erosion over nearly two millennia. The structure demonstrates the engineering capabilities and hydraulic knowledge characteristic of Roman Britain during the Imperial period.
Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002730. View the official record →
Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct is a Roman water management structure located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002730.
Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct 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 1002730.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill (7.3 km), Group of barrows on West Hill (7.7 km), Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct'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.
Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.