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๐Ÿ›๏ธ Venta Calleva

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๐Ÿ›๏ธ Venta Calleva
Iron Age and Roman settlement in Hampshire, England


๐Ÿ• 2 min read ยท Updated 14 Mar 2026 at 19:15
๐Ÿ“Œ Fast Facts
  • Located near Silchester, Hampshire, England (51.339879ยฐN, 1.088016ยฐW)
  • Venta Calleva was the capital of the Atrebates tribe and later a major Roman town
  • One of the few Romano-British towns with a visible defensive wall still standing above ground
  • Largely unexcavated; protected as a scheduled ancient monument

Venta Calleva was an important settlement spanning the late Iron Age and Roman periods in what is now ...

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