The coordinates fall in the vicinity of Alcester (Roman Alauna) in Warwickshire, a small town in the civitas of the Dobunni or Corieltauvi that flourished from the mid-1st through the 4th century AD. The aqueduct referenced here would have been a modest leat or channel supplying the town, drawing on local watercourses (the Arrow or Alne) rather than a monumental arcaded structure of the kind known at Lincoln or Dorchester.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
Water supply infrastructure at small towns like Alcester reflects their semi-urban status and the diffusion of Roman engineering practices beyond the major coloniae and civitas capitals, serving domestic use, bath-houses, and possibly industrial activity (Alcester had ironworking and other crafts).
The coordinates fall in the vicinity of Alcester (Roman Alauna) in Warwickshire, a small town in the civitas of the Dobunni or Corieltauvi that flourished from the mid-1st through the 4th century AD. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a aqueduct site from the Roman period in Britain.
Aqueduct is classified as a Roman aqueduct — a infrastructure site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Alauna (8.2 km), Roman town (8.8 km), Tiddington Roman Settlement (9.5 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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