Roman BritainGosbecks
Roman Settlement · Civilian

Gosbecks

Roman Britain
Pleiades ID: 79486
Site type
Settlement
Category
Civilian
Latitude
51.8668
Longitude
0.8568
Overview

History & context

The Gosbecks farm site is the location of a Romano-Celtic temple. The shrine measures 100 meters square and a pre-Roman enclosure lies within the later temenos. The pre-Roman site was likely sacred to the war-god Camulos. Camulos was later synchro...

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Questions & answers

What is Gosbecks?

The Gosbecks farm site is the location of a Romano-Celtic temple. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.

What type of Roman site is Gosbecks?

Gosbecks is classified as a Roman settlement — a civilian 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.

What other Roman sites are near Gosbecks?

Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Roman theater at Gosbecks (0.2 km), Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site (0.7 km), Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum (1 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.

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