🏛️ Korinion-Alchester
Romano-British auxiliary fort in Oxfordshire
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Tiddington, Oxfordshire, England (51.879°N, 1.150°W)
- Period: 1st–2nd century CE (primarily Flavian-early Antonine)
- Type: Auxiliary cavalry fort
- Current status: Scheduled Ancient Monument; largely unexcavated beneath pasture
Korinion-Alchester is a Romano-British auxiliary fort situated in the Cherwell Valley, near the modern village of Tiddington in Oxfordshire. The site dates primarily to the 1st and 2nd centuries CE and served as a military installation within the Roman administrative hierarchy of Britain. The fort remains largely buried and is now managed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under English Heritage protections ...