Uxacona was a small Romano-British roadside settlement on Watling Street in modern Shropshire, situated between Viroconium (Wroxeter) and Pennocrucium, near the modern village of Red Hill close to Oakengates. It is named in the Antonine Itinerary and was active from the mid-first century through into the later Roman period, originating as a military-related establishment (likely a small fort or fortlet during the conquest period) before evolving into a civilian roadside settlement with ditched enclosures.
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Its primary role was as a mansio or way-station on Watling Street, one of the principal arteries of Roman Britain linking the legionary fortress at Wroxeter to London, serving travellers, officials, and the cursus publicus. It is one of a chain of such small nodal sites along this road, comparable to nearby Pennocrucium and Mediolanum.
Aerial photography and geophysical survey have revealed a sequence of ditched enclosures of first-century date, indicating early military or proto-urban activity, with the settlement spreading along the line of Watling Street. Excavation has been limited, but finds of pottery, coins, and structural traces confirm occupation into the later Roman period; no substantial masonry buildings have been securely identified.
Uxacona was a small Romano-British roadside settlement on Watling Street in modern Shropshire, situated between Viroconium (Wroxeter) and Pennocrucium, near the modern village of Red Hill close to Oakengates. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.
Uxacona 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.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Parts of a Roman camp and signal station 410m ESE of Watling Street Grange (0.2 km), Roman fort 300m east of Drayton Lodge Farm (3.7 km), Roman camps SW of Stoneyford Cottages (5.3 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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