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Crab Farm is a Roman fort located in Dorset, England, dating to the early Imperial period of Roman Britain. The fort forms part of the broader network of military installations established by the Romans to secure and control their newly conquered territories in southern Britain. Archaeological investigation and fieldwork have revealed evidence of the fort's defensive structures and internal layout, contributing to scholarly understanding of Roman military organisation in the region. The site represents an important example of the systematic fortification strategy deployed during the Roman conquest and consolidation of Britain in the first century AD.
Roman fort at Crab Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002372. View the official record →
Crab Farm is a Roman fort located in Dorset, England, dating to the early Imperial period of Roman Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002372.
Roman fort at Crab Farm 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 1002372.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Windmill Barrow, a bowl barrow 40m south west of Windmill Barrow Farm (4.7 km), Deserted settlement NW of Mountain Clump (5.3 km), Two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman fort at Crab Farm'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.
Roman fort at Crab Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.