Magnae Dobunnorum

The ruins of a Roman private bath house or temple that was possibly associated with a high-status Roman villa, which may have connections to Magnis, lie inside the Weir Garden by the River Wye. There is an octagonal cistern filled by a spring, and a ruined buttress by the river. These are the highest standing Roman ruins in Herefordshire. Earthen defences have been found dating from the 2nd century, with later stone defences being built by the 4th century and occupation likely to have continued into the 5th century. Sometime after the Battle of Deorham in 577 the town had become the base of the Mercian subkingdom of the Magonsaete ("Magon-dwellers").