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Bannaventa is a Romano-British settlement site located in Northamptonshire, situated on the line of Watling Street. The site represents an important road station or vicus that served travellers and facilitating trade along this major Roman artery during the Imperial period. Archaeological investigation and finds from the site indicate occupation spanning the Roman period, with evidence of structured settlement activity associated with the road infrastructure. The location has yielded artefacts consistent with a roadside settlement serving administrative, commercial, and military functions typical of such stations in Roman Britain.
Site of Bannaventa is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003879. View the official record →
Bannaventa is a Romano-British settlement site located in Northamptonshire, situated on the line of Watling Street. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003879.
Site of Bannaventa 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 1003879.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Muscott deserted medieval village and double moated site (2.1 km), Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemetery (2.9 km), 'Burnt Walls' earthworks (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Site of Bannaventa'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.
Site of Bannaventa stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.