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Lexden Mount is a substantial earthwork mound situated within the Camulodunum complex near Colchester, Essex, which functioned as a significant settlement from the Iron Age through the Roman period. The mound itself dates to the Roman period and is believed to represent a burial monument or tumulus, reflecting high-status funerary practice of the era. Its presence within the wider oppidum landscape testifies to the continuity and importance of Camulodunum as a major centre of settlement and administration during the transition from Iron Age to Roman Britain. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains an important archaeological indicator of Roman burial customs and social hierarchy within this strategically significant settlement.
Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019963. View the official record →
Lexden Mount is a substantial earthwork mound situated within the Camulodunum complex near Colchester, Essex, which functioned as a significant settlement from the Iron Age through the Roman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019963.
Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum 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 1019963.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum (1.6 km), Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum (1.8 km), Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site (3 km).
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