OSMap: LR192
Type: Major Settlement, Port.
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NGRef: SX9688 OSMap: LR192 Type: Major Settlement, Port. |
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NW (3) to ISCA DVMNONIORVM (Exeter, Devon) | |
The Romano-British settlement and port at Topsham likely started life as the supply-port for Legio II Augusta, shortly after the legionary fortress was built at Exeter nearby c.AD55. It is possible, however, that Topsham was occupied in late-Claudian times, when an auxiliary fort is thought to have been erected at Exeter, prior to the construction of the fortress.
