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Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings is a Roman road in Dorset that forms part of the network of routes established during the Roman occupation of Britain. The road runs in proximity to Badbury Rings, an Iron Age hillfort that was later occupied and utilised during the Roman period as the settlement of Vindocladia. The surviving section preserves evidence of Roman road construction techniques and serves as physical testimony to the strategic infrastructure that connected Roman settlements across southern Britain. The monument is part of the wider archaeological landscape associated with Badbury Rings and demonstrates the Roman military and administrative priorities in Dorset during the first to fourth centuries AD.
Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002419. View the official record →
Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings is a Roman road in Dorset that forms part of the network of routes established during the Roman occupation of Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002419.
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.
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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