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Cotswold HistoryGreat Rollright, Oxfordshire.
The ancient Bronze
Age monument, dating from 2000-1800BC is close to the A3400, Stow on the
World road near Long Compton. There are three sites associated
with the monument, the Stone Circle itself, 100 feet across with seventy
stones, which it is said that visitors cannot count the same number
twice, the Whispering Knights, a group of five stones which are
the remains of a long barrow and the King, a solitary stone. Roman Baths and Pump Room Pump Room, Abbey Churchyard, Bath, Somerset. Telephone 01225 477785.
The Roman Baths give
a fascinating look at the Roman way of life 2000 years ago in Britain
and which is the greatest religious spa in Northern Europe. Open all
year. Admission is charged. Salmonsbury Hill Fort Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire. Spoonley Roman Villa Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. Not much survives of the villa set just off the Wardens Way about 2 miles from Winchcombe. The site is very much overgrown and only a small part of the walls are standing. A footpath passes right through the building but blink and you will miss it. Tyndale Monument North Nibley, Gloucestershire This monument on the hills near North Nibley is dedicated to William Tyndale, the first person to translate the Bible into English. Uley Bury Hill Fort Uley, Gloucestershire. Great Witcombe Roman Villa Brockworth, Gloucestershire. Telephone 0117 9750700 Great Witcombe Roman
Villa is in the stewardship of English Heritage and is open at all
reasonable times. The villa formed the centrepiece of a great country
estate, built in the 3rd century and abandoned in the 5th century. The
mosaic buildings are only open a certain times of the year. More Information >>>
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