Hill forts · South Wales
Charterhouse Roman Town
Charterhouse Roman Town — town in the Roman province of Britannia, located close to Charterhouse-on-Mendip.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Charterhouse Roman Town is a hill fort in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "town in the Roman province of Britannia, located close to Charterhouse-on-Mendip". Coordinates: 51.3023°, -2.7150°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Severn Estuary SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: The Cheddar Complex SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: MENDIP
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Mendip Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Charterhouse is a name used for a former Roman-British town, located west of the later village of Charterhouse-on-Mendip in Somerset, England. A nearby pre-Roman Iron Age hill fort, Charterhouse Camp, is also located nearby. The Latin name of the town in the Roman era is unknown; it may have been Iscalis, but this is far from certain. Based on inscriptions on a pig of Roman lead BRIT. EX. ARG. VEB, meaning "British (lead) from the VEB... lead-silver works", the Roman name has also been reconstructed as Vebriacum (in which case, Iscalis was more likely at the future site of Cheddar, Somerset). The Roman landscape has been designated as a scheduled monument.
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- Coordinates
- 51.3023, -2.7150
- District
- Somerset
- Parish
- Priddy
- Postcode
- BS40 7XX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
Sources
- wikidata: Q1067843 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Charterhouse (Roman town) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Charterhouse lead mines panorama.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Charterhouse Roman Town?
- Charterhouse Roman Town is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode BS40 7XX), in the parish of Priddy.
- Is Charterhouse Roman Town a protected site?
- Yes — Charterhouse Roman Town is part of the Severn Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the The Cheddar Complex SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Charterhouse Roman Town free to visit?
- Yes, Charterhouse Roman Town is free to enter.
- How do I get to Charterhouse Roman Town?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BS40 7XX. It sits within the Wells and Mendip Hills parliamentary constituency.