Roman Remains

A selection of images showing archaeological remains from Roman sites. Plus a selection of reconstruction drawings. Also check out our: Teaching Activity Roman Remains - Evidence Teaching Activity Roman Settlers - Buildings

Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage Photo Library Lullingstone Roman Villa, Eynsford, Kent The mosaic floor in the Dining Room and Audience Chamber at the excavated Lullingstone Roman Villa, seen here from the north. The opulent villa dates from circa 100 AD and was discovered in 1939. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).	Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage.NMR Hardknott Fort, Eskdale, Cumbria Years of use as a remote sheep farm meant Hardknott Fort was only recognised as being of Roman origin in the late 17th century. Dating from the time of Hadrian, the Fort had suffered greatly from the attentions of stone robbers who removed large quantities of material for neighbouring farms. Unfortunately, robbing continued until the late 19th century, and only when archaeological excavation, survey and consolidation of the site began in 1892 did the future of the site begin to look secure. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage Photo Library Lullingstone Roman Villa, Eynsford, Kent Lullingstone Roman Villa in Kent was built in circa 100 AD and discovered in 1939. This is a detail of the mosaic floor in the audience chamber, depicting Bellerophon riding Pegasus and spearing Chimaera. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).	Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage Photo Library Gaming counters and dice from Lullingstone Roman Villa, Eynsford, Kent Detail of gaming counters and dice excavated from the Mausoleum at Lullingstone Roman Villa in Kent. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage Photo Library St Mary-in-Castro and the Roman lighthouse, Dover Castle, Kent The rough masonry tower at the west end of the church of St Mary-in-Castro is the remains of one of a pair of Roman lighthouses at Dover which guided shipping across the channel. The church itself dates from circa 1020 AD. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).	Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage.NMR Housesteads Roman fort, near Bardon Mill, Northumberland. Reconstruction drawing of the communal latrines at Housesteads Roman fort (Vercovicium) on Hadrian's Wall. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage Photo Library Hadrian's Wall and Cawfields milecastle, Haltwhistle, Northumberland A view looking eastwards along Hadrian's Wall as it runs over the Crags. An opening giving controllable access through Hadrian's Wall was built every mile along the structure (known as a milecastle). Cawfields milecastle (number 42) can be seen here on the hill. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).	Add to My Favourites Copyright Crown copyright.NMR Chesters Roman fort, Humshaugh, Northumberland An aerial view of Chesters cavalry fort from the North West. This permanant troop base was built in the 2nd century AD soon after the completion of Hadrian's Wall. It remained occupied for three centuries. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
Add to My Favourites Copyright Crown copyright.NMR Housesteads Roman Fort, Bardon Mill, Northumberland An aerial view of Housesteads Fort. Its Roman name 'Vercovicium' means 'The Place of Fighters'. It was one of a chain of forts built along Hadrian's Wall. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).	Add to My Favourites Copyright Crown copyright.NMR Hadrian's Wall near Walltown Crags, Northumberland A view of part of Hadrian's Wall near Walltown Crags in Northumberland. The wall was built on the orders of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in 122 AD. It is 73 miles long and is studded with milecastles and forts. It became a World Heritage Site in 1987. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage.NMR Housesteads Roman fort, near Bardon Mill, Northumberland Reconstruction drawing of the courtyard of the Commandant's house in the Roman fort at Housesteads (Vercovicium). This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR North Leigh Roman Villa, North Leigh, Oxfordshire An exposed Roman floor level with some scattered tesserae and a possible decorative border three tesserae wide. Underneath looks like a possible collapsed hypocaust system. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage.NMR Wroxeter Roman town, Shropshire The ruins of the Roman town of Viroconium Cornoviorum can be seen at Wroxeter. This view looks across the baths towards the wall which divided them from the exercise hall. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).	Add to My Favourites Copyright Crown copyright.NMR Aelia Aeliana's tombstone, York, York The tombstone of Aelia Aeliana, a female resident of Roman York, is carved in gritstone. The inscription is broken and only her name is now preserved. The carved scene depicts a family - parents and a young girl - reclining at the dining table in Roman style.
Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR Roman wall, City of London A fragment of the Roman town wall of London. Many Roman towns still have fragments of their original wals surviving. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Chedworth Roman Villa, Chedworth, Gloucestershire The remains of a hypocaust in one of the rooms in the villa, which was occupied between the early 2nd century AD- c. 410.
Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire The Roman villa was discovered by accident in 1864.The original villa on the site dates from the first half of the 2nd-century, it was subsequently updated after a fire in the late 2nd-century to include saunas, baths and verandhas.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Old Kent Road, Southwark, London One of south London's most famous streets, the Old Kent Road follows the route of the Roman Watling Street. It is shown here in the late 19th century. A horse-drawn tram is seen outside Fletcher's Haircutting Rooms. The street was often lined with stalls and barrows selling all manner of wares. The road was the inspiration for a Victorian music hall song, "Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road".
Add to My Favourites Copyright Crown copyright.NMR Roman mosaic from Hinton St Mary, Dorset This mosaic is the earliest depiction of Christ found in Roman Britain and dates from the 4th century AD. The figure of Chirst is flanked by two pomegranates and lies on the Greek chi-rho (the first two letters of His name). The mosaic now lies in the British Museum.	Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage Photo Library Roman gateway through Hadrian's Wall at Milecastle 37, Bardon Mill, Northumberland Milecastles were built every mile along the barrier to control access through Hadrian's Wall. This is the north gateway of Milecastle 37 and lies just west of Housestead's fort.
Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage Photo Library Roman settlement at Vindolanda, Henshaw, Northumberland The excavated stone foundations of buildings in the civil settlement which grew up outside the Roman fort of Vindolanda. The settlement included a bath house and guesthouse and its stone building remains can be dated to the early 3rd century AD.	Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage.NMR Roman fort, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear Reconstruction drawing of the Roman fort at Wallsend (Segedunum). This fort on the River Tyne marked the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.
Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR Roman Gardens, Chester, Cheshire Chester was the Roman fortress town of Deva and much Roman material has been found. Roman coilumns and a hypocaust (underfloor heating system) have been reconstructed in the Roman Gardens just outside the Newgate.	Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage.NMR Wansdyke, Wiltshire Wansdyke is an extensive frontier earthwork probably constructed in the late Roman period. Its function is most likely a means of marking and controlling a significant border, including all communications that ran across it. The earthwork consists of a ditch and embankment running from Maes Knoll on the Mendips across Wiltshire to the Berkshire border, with a 14 mile section of Roman road linking the two ends together.