🏛️ Combretovium-Cavendish
Romano-British settlement site in Suffolk
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- Located near Cavendish village, Suffolk, England
- Romano-British settlement dating to the 1st–4th centuries CE
- Name recorded in the Antonine Itinerary, a Roman travel guide
- Site remains largely unexcavated; visible as earthworks and scatter finds
Combretovium was a Romano-British settlement positioned on what is thought to have been a major road network in Roman East Anglia. The site's name appears in the Antonine Itinerary, a 3rd-century Roman document listing distances between settlements, confirming its significance during the occupation. Archaeological investigation has been limited, and much of what is known derives from field survey and chance discoveries rather than systematic excavation ...