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Roman round building is a scheduled ancient monument located in Essex, England. The site represents remains of a circular structure dating to the Roman period, likely erected between the first and fourth centuries AD during Roman Britain. Round buildings of this type are relatively uncommon in the Roman archaeological record of Britain and provide evidence of local construction practices and settlement patterns during the occupation period. The monument's physical remains survive as subsurface archaeological deposits, with its significance lying in what it reveals about Roman-period habitation and building traditions in the Essex region.
Roman round building is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002195. View the official record →
Roman round building is a scheduled ancient monument located in Essex, England.
Roman round building 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 1002195.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coastal fish weirs at West Mersea, 570m south east of St Peter's Well (0.6 km), Coastal fish weir at the northern end of The Nass (1.9 km), Mersea Mount: a Roman barrow at Barrow Hill Farm (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman round building'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 round building stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.