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Roman military site at Rhyn Park

England
List entry 1003716
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003716
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
31.19 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 30526 36916, SJ 30774 36766
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rhyn Park is a Roman military site located in Shropshire, England, dating to the first century AD. The site represents an important element of Roman military infrastructure in the Welsh borderlands, occupying a strategically significant location within the broader network of Roman forts and installations in the region. Archaeological investigation has revealed evidence of military occupation and structural remains consistent with Roman auxiliary deployment during the period of frontier consolidation and control in Wales and its approaches.

Roman military site at Rhyn Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003716. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman military site at Rhyn Park?

Rhyn Park is a Roman military site located in Shropshire, England, dating to the first century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003716.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman military site at Rhyn Park?

Roman military site at Rhyn Park 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 1003716.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman military site at Rhyn Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wat's Dyke:80m long section and adjacent cultivation terraces 540m east of Oswestry Castle (7.2 km), Oswestry Castle: motte and adjoining section of the town wall immediately north east of Christ Church (7.3 km), Wat's Dyke: 375m long section immediately south of Middleton Road and west of Laburnum Drive (7.7 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wat's Dyke:80m long section and adjacent cultivation terraces 540m east of Oswestry Castle
7.2 km
Oswestry Castle: motte and adjoining section of the town wall immediately north east of Christ Church
7.3 km
Wat's Dyke: 375m long section immediately south of Middleton Road and west of Laburnum Drive
7.7 km
Wat's Dyke: 365m long section, extending from 45m north east of Gate House on Shrewsbury Road
8.1 km
Wat's Dyke: section 350m long, 540m east of Weston Farm
8.9 km
Offa's Dyke: section one mile 1000yds (2520m) long, N of Llanforda Mill
9 km
Motte castle at Hisland
9.6 km
Wat's Dyke, 380m long section, immediately east of the Sewage Works
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman military site at Rhyn Park

Roman military site at Rhyn Park stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Roman military site at Rhyn Park

WroxeterRoman town · ~23.8 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~17.6 milesBattle of Rowton Heath 1645Battle (1645) · ~18.6 miles
Domesday entry for Weston, Shropshire →
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