This is one of a series of Roman military installations established in Devon during the conquest period, likely active in the mid-to-late 1st century AD (c. AD 50s–70s) as part of the Roman push westward following the Claudian invasion. Forts in this region — such as those at Tiverton (Bolham), Cullompton, and the legionary fortress at Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) — were typically auxiliary installations holding cohort-sized garrisons of around 500 men, sited to control river valleys and routes into Dumnonian territory.
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The site forms part of the military network securing the southwestern peninsula and the lines of communication radiating from the legionary base at Exeter, held by Legio II Augusta until c. AD 75. Such forts were instrumental in pacifying the Dumnonii and in policing access to the mineral resources of the Southwest, including Mendip lead and possible Dartmoor tin.
Without a Pleiades description or a confirmed site name to anchor identification, specific excavation details cannot be reliably attributed; however, comparable Devon forts (e.g. Bolham near Tiverton) have yielded characteristic playing-card plan ditches, timber rampart traces, internal timber buildings, and Neronian–early Flavian sam
This is one of a series of Roman military installations established in Devon during the conquest period, likely active in the mid-to-late 1st century AD (c. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
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