🏛️ Calleva
Romano-British settlement near Silchester, Hampshire
📌 Fast Facts
- Roman town occupied c. 50–410 CE, with Iron Age settlement preceding it
- Located near modern Silchester, Hampshire, England
- Extensive earthworks and defensive walls remain visible above ground
- Excavated intermittently from 1890 onwards; systematic work halted in the 1980s
Calleva was a major Romano-British town in southern England, serving as the tribal capital of the Atrebates during ...