Roman Ruins, Silchester Town Walls, Hampshire.

Visited October 2025.

Another Roman escapade ticked off the list. A cold but perfectly lit Autumn afternoon, took us to Silchester. I had wanted to visit for a while on the promise of an excellent amphitheatre. It is excellent.

English Heritage says;

‘Silchester in Hampshire has its origins as Calleva, a centre of the Iron Age Atrebates tribe from the late 1st century BC. After the Roman conquest of AD 43 it became the large and important town of Calleva Atrebatum. Unlike most Roman towns, it was never reoccupied or built over after it was abandoned in the 6th or 7th century, so archaeological investigations have given an unusually complete picture of its development.

The complete circuit of the Roman walls, some of the best-preserved Roman town defences in England, and remains of the amphitheatre still stand.’

I really like going to these places in the later parts of the year, nobody about but the birds.

Go HERE to read more about Silchester and HERE to the University of Reading to see the finds from excavations at the ancient Roman site.