Archaeologists find landing site where Roman legions reached England
Archaeologists believe that they have found the spot where the Roman legions landed to begin the conquest of England in AD43.
A stretch of Roman shoreline has been uncovered during excavations at Richborough in Kent that is now two miles from the sea because of silting. Two thousand years ago it was the shore of a large lagoon where the Emperor Claudius's troops landed after the crossing from Boulogne.
The Roman landing place was discovered during excavations at Richborough Fort, a monument that still dominates the flat Kentish marshlands. It was probably from this port that the last of the legions departed in the 5th century.
The discovery was made at the bottom of a trench beneath a collapsed wall of the Roman fort.
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A stretch of Roman shoreline has been uncovered during excavations at Richborough in Kent that is now two miles from the sea because of silting. Two thousand years ago it was the shore of a large lagoon where the Emperor Claudius's troops landed after the crossing from Boulogne.
The Roman landing place was discovered during excavations at Richborough Fort, a monument that still dominates the flat Kentish marshlands. It was probably from this port that the last of the legions departed in the 5th century.
The discovery was made at the bottom of a trench beneath a collapsed wall of the Roman fort.