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Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings

England
List entry 1002419
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002419
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.31 hectares
Grid reference
ST 96699 03100
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings is a length of Roman road preserved as an upstanding earthwork in the landscape of Dorset. The road forms part of the Roman network that served the settlement and fortification at Badbury Rings, a site of considerable strategic importance in Roman Britain. The surviving section retains physical characteristics typical of Roman road construction, including a raised agger or metalled surface, which demonstrates the engineering standards applied to the province's road system during the Roman period. This monument contributes to understanding the infrastructure connecting Romano-British settlements and the military and commercial activity centred on the fortified site at Badbury Rings.

Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002419. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings?

Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings is a length of Roman road preserved as an upstanding earthwork in the landscape of Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002419.

Who is responsible for protecting Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings?

Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings 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 1002419.

What other scheduled monuments are near Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery south and west of Rose Lawn Coppice, 600m south west of Higher Merley Farm (7.1 km), Bowl barrow 350m north of Naked Cross (7.4 km), Bowl barrow in Gravel Hill Plantation, 340m north of Arrowsmith House (7.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow cemetery south and west of Rose Lawn Coppice, 600m south west of Higher Merley Farm
7.1 km
Bowl barrow 350m north of Naked Cross
7.4 km
Bowl barrow in Gravel Hill Plantation, 340m north of Arrowsmith House
7.8 km
Bowl barrow on Dunyeat's Hill 650m south west of Arrowsmith House
8.1 km
Two bowl barrows in Arrowsmith Coppice 200m south of Arrowsmith House
8.2 km
Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 300m east of Alhambra
8.6 km
The White Barrow, a bowl barrow 660m south west of the Round House
8.6 km
Bowl barrow on Canford Heath 730m south east of Alhambra
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings

Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings

DorchesterRoman town · ~18.7 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~20.6 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~21.2 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~25 miles
Domesday entry for Hemsworth, Dorset →
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