Jordan Hill Roman Temple

Jordan Hill Roman Temple

Jordan Hill Temple

A view of Jordan Hill Roman Temple
Map showing the location of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset.
Location Preston, Dorset
Region South-West
Coordinates 50°38′15″N 2°25′38″W / 50.637547°N 2.4271160°W / 50.637547; -2.4271160
Type Romano-Celtic Temple
Area Cella: 6.8m2
Temenos: 84m2
History
Founded AD 69-79
Abandoned AD 350-400
Cultures Roman
Management English Heritage

Jordan Hill Roman Temple is a Romano-Celtic Temple and Roman ruin situated on Jordan Hill above Bowleaze Cove in the eastern suburbs of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Original amateur excavations on the site in 1843, by J. Medhurst, were followed by a series of excavations in the 20th Century [1] suggesting that the site was in operation between c.AD 69-79 to the later 4th century AD.

In the 20th century the site became the property of the Ministry of Works and is currently in the guardianship of English Heritage.

Temple

This is a Romano-British type temple,[2] with a square-plan building situated within a courtyard or precinct. The floorplan of the temple measured 6.8 square metres. The surrounding precinct measured 84 square meters and contained numerous deposits of animal bones, ceramics, and coins.[1] The site may also have served as a late 4th Century signal station.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "PastScape - Jordan Hill Roman Temple". PastScape (English Heritage). 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  2. ↑ Lewis, M.J.T. 1966. Temples of Roman Britain. Cambridge: University Press

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