The grassed-over earthworks of a small Roman amphitheatre, beside the lead-mining settlement on the Mendips.
Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out
Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls
Charterhouse sits high on the Mendip Hills, where the Romans mined lead and silver from soon after the conquest of Britain. The amphitheatre was built for that mining settlement — a shallow oval arena dug into the slope, with earth banks raised around it for spectators. Nothing stands above ground today; what survives is the shape in the turf, a grassy hollow ringed by low banks. It is unusual among Roman amphitheatres in Britain for serving a mining settlement rather than a town or a fort.
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