Balkerne Gate
Ruins · United Kingdom
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 100
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 51.890, 0.894
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: 1st-century Roman gateway in Colchester
History
Balkerne Gate is a Roman gateway in Colchester. It is the largest surviving gateway in Roman Britain and was built where the Roman road from Londinium intersected the town wall of Camulodunum. It is a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building.