Roman Britain

£6.25

Roman Britain’s sites, monuments and related museums overprinted on a large, double-sided present day map of the country with altitude colouring. Numerous panels provide extensive additional information, photos, etc.

The base map has altitude colouring to indicate the topography and shows the present day road network. Roman towns are marked, plus smaller settlements, villas and other substantial buildings, shrines, barrows or mausoleums, etc. Also indicated are various types of military installations, roads, aqueducts, mines, etc. Where appropriate, places are annotated with their Roman names. The map is overprinted with British National Grid.

Surrounding the map are numerous panels providing further information on archaeology, Roman military organization, urban settlements, industrial sites, religion including Christianity in Roman Britain, etc, plus recommendations on sites and museums to visit, a chronological table placing British events in a wider historical context, etc.

The map has been compiled from the National Monument Records maintained by English Heritage and the Royal Commissions on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and of Wales. Edition C; Revised to September 2000; Crown copyright 2001.