Durolevum was a
Roman settlement in
Britain
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. The only surviving mention of it from antiquity appears in the
Antonine Itinerary, where it forms part of the Roman equivalent of
Watling Street
Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main ...
, connecting
Rutupiae (
Richborough
Richborough () is a settlement north of Sandwich on the east coast of the county of Kent, England. Richborough lies close to the Isle of Thanet. The population of the settlement is included in the civil parish of Ash.
Although now some dist ...
) to
Londinium (
London
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). It is now thought to have been located at
Ospringe
Ospringe is a village and area of Faversham in the English county of Kent. It is also the name of a civil parish, which since 1935 has not included the village of Ospringe.
The village lies on the Roman road Watling Street (nowadays the A2 ro ...
in
Kent
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, after the discovery of Roman ruins between Judd's Hill and Beacon Hill in 1931, but this remains uncertain.
See also
*
Faversham Stone Chapel
*
Newington, another possibility for the site of Durolevum
References
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Roman towns and cities in England
Populated places established in the 1st century
1st-century establishments in Roman Britain
Faversham