Roman BritainGreat Chesterford
Roman Fort · Military

Great Chesterford

Roman Britain
Pleiades ID: 79488
Site type
Fort
Category
Military
Latitude
52.0662
Longitude
0.1913
Overview

History & context

Site of a first-century A.D. Roman fort and later Roman town.

Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →

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Questions & answers

What is Great Chesterford?

Site of a first-century A.D. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.

What type of Roman site is Great Chesterford?

Great Chesterford is classified as a Roman fort — a military 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 Great Chesterford?

Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Roman fort, Roman town, Roman and Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Great Chesterford (0.3 km), Roman villa site S of Rose Villa (0.7 km), Ickleton (1.2 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.

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