Alchester
fort · 43 AD – 2100 AD
Alchester was the site of a fortified Roman town located 17 kilometers to the northeast of Oxford. The site was of Claudian date and likely on the site of a Pre-Roman Iron Age settlement. It may have been one of the earliest legionary bases in Britannia.
- Coordinates
- 51.87813, -1.17163
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)