A previously unknown Roman fort was discovered in Exeter between Bampfylde Street and Cheeke Street during the construction of a bus station in 2019.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
A previously unknown Roman fort was discovered in Exeter between Bampfylde Street and Cheeke Street during the construction of a bus station in 2019. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
Unnamed Roman fort, Cheeke Street, Exeter 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.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Isca Dumnoniorum (0.2 km), Exeter Roman Bathhouse (0.6 km), Stoke Hill (2.4 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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