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My granddaughter wants to see some Roman remains. We are going to my home town of Coventry and can see the Lunt Fort which is mostly wooden. Iknow some great sites in the North but we are not going there,I have given her a day of her choice when we are in London so we could go somewhere from there (Not a long train journey like Bath) I know there is an amphitheatre in London and artifacts in the London Museum--- anything else in London or could you suggest asitenot too far away--- we are using public tran
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rtation. Thank you for your kind attention to this matter Janet Graham

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Look at this Historic UK site for maps and info on Roman sites, remains. There are several in or near London. http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/RomanSites/ Also consider a visit to the British Museum. You do not mention the age of your granddaughter but she might enjoy reading the book titled "The Mildenhall Treasure" by the famous British author Roald Dahl. She can then see the treasure at the museum.

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Take a trip from Coventry to Leicester to the Jewry Wall and associated museum. This is one of the finest examples of Roman building structures to remain in Britain and was part of the wall of the bath house in Roman Leicester (Ratae Coritanorum). The museum contains a number of artefacts directly related to this and elsewhere in the city. St Nicholas Church behind contains material clearly recycled from Roman buildings in its fabric.

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I know a bathtub that isn't Roman but behind a window and some people think it is.

An amphitheatre in London? I thought I knew most of the Roman bits in London and that's a new one on me.... Where is it?

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