Wickham Bushes is a small Romano-British roadside settlement on Bagshot Heath in Berkshire, lying immediately south of the Iron Age hillfort known as Caesar's Camp and adjacent to the line of the Roman road from London (Pontibus/Staines) to Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum). Numismatic evidence indicates occupation from the late 1st century BC/early 1st century AD (coins of Agrippa) through to the late 4th century (Valentinian II, r. 375–392), suggesting a long-lived settlement that spanned virtually the whole Roman period.
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The site likely functioned as a minor roadside settlement or posting station serving traffic on the Staines–Silchester road, in an otherwise sparsely populated heathland zone on the poor soils of the Bagshot Beds. Its proximity to the reused Iron Age hillfort hints at continuity of local activity from pre-Roman into Roman times.
The site has been known since the 19th century, with material recovered including coins, pottery, tile, and building debris suggestive of modest structures rather than substantial masonry buildings; more recent fieldwork on Bagshot Heath has refined understanding of its extent. Beyond the published coin range and surface finds, no large-scale modern excavation has been published, and the precise plan and character of the settlement remain poorly defined.
Wickham Bushes is a small Romano-British roadside settlement on Bagshot Heath in Berkshire, lying immediately south of the Iron Age hillfort known as Caesar's Camp and adjacent to the line of the Roman road from London (Pontibus/Staines) to Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum). It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.
Wickham Bushes Romano-British settlement 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 Two sections of Roman road in Bramshill Forest between Roman Star Post and Rapley Lake (2.7 km), Roman buildings E of Wheatlands Manor (8.3 km), Cox Green (13.2 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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