Roman sites in Yorkshire

The Yorkshire village of Aldborough began as the 1st-century Roman city of Isurium Brigantum, the capital of the Brigantes tribe. The Brigantes were the largest British tribe at the time of the Roman invasion. A Victorian arboretum occupies a part of the Roman settlement, and you can see two exceptional Roman mosaics still in their original position.
Front Street, Aldborough, Yorkshire, England, YO51 9ES

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Heritage Highlight: Two 2nd century Roman mosaics in situ

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On the edge of the North York Moors stand a complex of three Roman forts and camps, one built in an odd hexagonal shape. The Camps probably date to the 1st-century AD. A pleasant circular walk leads through woodland to the camps and wonderful viewpoints over the surrounding moorland.
Cawthorn, Pickering, North York Moors, Yorkshire, England, YO18 8HN

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Heritage Highlight: Unusual polygonal Roman camp

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The Multangular Tower is a polygonal Roman Tower built in the early 4th century to defend the Roman fortress of Eboracum. It is perhaps the best-preserved feature of the Roman fort. The tower was enlarged in the medieval period with arrow slits, and bombarded during the Civil War.
Museum Gardens, Museum Street, York, Yorkshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: The oldest standing Roman site in York

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In 1930 workmen were doing repairs to an old inn on St Sampson's Street in the heart of York when they unearthed an unexpected find; the ruins of a Roman steam bath, or caldarium. Further excavations revealed an adjoining plunge bath. The baths have been turned into a small underground museum, with displays of objects found on the site.
9 St Sampsons Square, York, Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, YO1 8RN

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Standing opposite the south entrance to York Minster is a Roman column erected around AD 100 to support the basilica, or headquarters of the Roman fort of Eboracum. It was inside the basilica that Constantine was proclaimed Emperor of Rome in AD 306.
Minster Yard, Deangate, York, Yorkshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Well-preserved column from the Roman basilica

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On an isolated stretch of Wheeldale Moor run the remains of a road which is generally thought to be Roman, though some authorities believe it to be either Saxon or, possibly, pre-Roman. Reached by a path across a field.
Wheeldale Moor, Goathland, Whitby, Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Is it a Roman road or a Neolithic field boundary?

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