Where is Heronbridge Roman Site?

Heronbridge Roman Site is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CH4 7EH), in the parish of Cheshire West and Chester, unparished area.

How do I get to Heronbridge Roman Site?

The nearest railway station is Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway, about 2.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode CH4 7EH.

Is Heronbridge Roman Site a listed building?

Heronbridge Roman Site is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.

Is Heronbridge Roman Site a protected site?

Yes — Heronbridge Roman Site is part of the River Dee (England) SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Is Heronbridge Roman Site free to visit?

Yes, Heronbridge Roman Site is free to enter.

How do I get to Heronbridge Roman Site?

The nearest railway station is Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway, about 2.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CH4 7EH.

Hill forts · North West England

Heronbridge Roman Site

In or near Eccleston.

Free admission🐾 Dog-friendly

Heronbridge Roman Site — archaeological site in Eaton and Eccleston, Cheshire West and Chester, England, UK.

Heronbridge Roman Site, hill forts in North West England — Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h
Nearest railway station: Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway · 2.6 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Heronbridge Roman Site, the nearest railway station is Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway, located 2.6 km away. Entry to the site is free. The postcode for sat-nav is CH4 7EH.

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Heronbridge Roman Site is a hill fort in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Wikidata describes it as: "archaeological site in Eaton and Eccleston, Cheshire West and Chester, England, UK". Coordinates: 53.1671°, -2.8830°.

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Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Dee (England) SSSI

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Heronbridge Roman Site is the remains of a Roman settlement on both sides of Watling Street, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Chester in Cheshire, England, with evidence of industrial activity (furnaces) in the late 1st and 2nd centuries. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

Architecture

The site was found by chance by a member of Chester Archaeological Society in 1929. It lies in undeveloped land, offering the prospect of a site undisturbed in modern times, with much scope for investigators. Excavations took place in 1930–31 and found human remains with evidence of violent deaths. Further investigations took place in 2003–04, and the site was also a target of the archaeological television programme Time Team in 2005. In the 2010s about a dozen skeletons from the 1930–31 excavation were re-identified in the collections of the Manchester Museum, the majority exhibiting severe trauma injuries. Carbon-dating of two further skeletons, uncovered in 2004, is consistent with a…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 53.1671, -2.8830
District: Cheshire West and Chester
Parish: Cheshire West and Chester, unparished area
Postcode: CH4 7EH
Parliamentary constituency: Chester South and Eddisbury
Nearest railway station: Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway — 2.6 km

Sources

wikidata: Q15223736 (CC0)
wikipedia: Heronbridge Roman Site (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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