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An amphitheatre has been visible as a hummock, roughly a 5 minutes' walk from the main site. It had a capacity of 5000 spectators. Excavations in 2021 have revealed that the amphitheatre and the settlement are likely to have continued in use from the invasion to the end of Roman rule in the early 5th
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in 43 AD as the first defensive barrier dating from this period has been discovered at the site in the form of twin V-shaped ditches of at least 650 m length and parallel to the Roman coastline. These would have protected the invasion beachhead and supply depot. The crossing would have exploited one
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Excavations carried out in late 2008 of a 90 m (300 ft) section of Roman wall uncovered the original Roman coastline along with the remains of a medieval dock. The discovery and excavation of the beach itself has pinpointed its geographical relationship to the site's earthworks, proving
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There exists an unexplained structure at Richborough that is believed to be a font. Today, this structure is almost entirely destroyed. The hexagonal font discovered during the excavations at Richborough suggests that baptisms could have been a function of this church. The church was probably
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Earth fortifications were first dug on the site in the 1st century, probably for a storage depot and bridgehead for the Roman army. The site expanded into a major civilian and commercial town, and the stone Saxon Shore fort was added around the year 277. The later fort is believed to have been
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Richborough site plan showing the ancient shore-line. The black cross marks the surviving roadways through a four-sided monumental arch, thought to have been demolished by the Romans themselves. South of the cross there is now a rebuilt wooden gateway from the 43 AD
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century. Vivid red and blue paint was found on the arena wall, the first for any Roman amphitheatre in Britain. A room, or cell, with walls almost 2 m high, used to hold wild animals, criminals or gladiators before entry in the arena was also found.
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In addition, the on-site museum has been refurbished to display some of the many finds from Richborough, a location which saw both the very beginning and the very end of Roman rule in Britain.
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White, Donald. Litus Saxonicum; The British Saxon Shore in Scholarship and History, page 36. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin for Dept. of History, University of Wisconsin, 1961.
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During the decline of the Roman Empire, Richborough was eventually abandoned by the Romans and the site was later occupied by a Saxon religious settlement.
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of the shortest routes over the English Channel. However, other explicit details on the site of the Claudian invasion have not survived and its location is
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Excavations from 2021 have focussed on the amphitheatre situated 300 m south west of the fort, where unique painted walls have been found.
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In the interior of the fort most buildings were of timber though some were stone. A stone central rectangular building was probably the
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gateway of 43 AD. From the top of the structure there are views all round the surrounding walls, and in good weather as far afield as
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built at the end of the 4th century or at the beginning of the 5th century. It seems plausible that the church was built of wood.
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During the late 3rd century this (by now large) civilian town was re-militarised by the conversion of part of it into a so-called
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As the fighting moved north, Rutupiae became an increasingly large supply base for the army and later a civilian settlement.
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repurposed Richborough Castle as "Roaming Rune" (alluding to its Roman origins) in his 1980, post-apocalyptic novel
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In 2023 a replica wooden Roman gateway was built near the centre of the Roman fort, on the precise site of the
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In 1849 excavations on the amphitheatre discovered a skeleton suggesting the site later became a cemetery.
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that the earthworks were a beachhead defence, protecting around 700 m (2,300 ft) of coast.
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Fifth Report on the Excavations of the Roman Fort at Richborough, Kent, DOI 10.26530/OAPEN_1005013
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Johnson, J.S. (1970). "The Date of the Construction of the Saxon Shore Fort at Richborough".
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that developed around the fort and the associated port. The settlement was founded after the
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Sherwood, Harriet; Arts, Harriet Sherwood; correspondent, culture (28 October 2021).
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Stillwell, Richard; William Lloyd MacDonald; Marian Holland McAllister (1976).
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in AD 43. Because of its position near to a large natural harbour in the
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is uncertain, although the first element may derive from the British Celtic *
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from mainland Britain and Rutupiae is thought to have guarded the channel.
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Further major excavations were made in 1922-38 by J.P. Bushe-Fox.
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The town was most prosperous in the 2nd century when the timber
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Rutupiae
Richborough
Kent
England

Richborough Fort is located in Kent
51°17′38″N 1°19′55″E / 51.294°N 1.332°E / 51.294; 1.332
Grid reference
Roman fort
Roman
Saxon Shore fort
Richborough
Sandwich
Kent
Roman
Roman conquest of Britain
Wantsum Channel
Stour
Watling Street
rebel
Carausius
English Heritage

Roman conquest of Britain

Claudian
invasion
a matter of scholarly debate
Wantsum Channel
Isle of Thanet

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